Tuesday, March 15, 2016

"Just Days Before Palm Sunday"


Along the way,
sitting in the dirt
by the side
of a well-traveled road,
a blind man shouts,
“I want to see”
and there is healing …
yes, there is sight.

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

In the fields
on the outskirts
of Jerusalem,
a weary one sighs
and whispers,
“You are my God.”
Bending down,
he picks up a palm branch…
broken and bent,
much like his spirit.
For that reason alone,
he holds onto it,
dragging the branch along
as he walks,
making what looks like
to anyone else
a path
in the dirt
outside of Jerusalem.

THIS IS THE DAY
THE LORD HAS MADE

There is a growing crowd,
whispering,
murmuring,
shouting,
hopeful,
angry,
confused,
waiting,
watching.

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

Among those
in the crowd,
is the one with the
bent branch
and the broken spirit.
Yes, caught up in the crowds,
I can be found ...
and you as well,
tightly holding onto
our own palm branch.

We wait …
for some unknown reason
we wait.
The path
into Jerusalem
remains,
brushed in the dirt
by a palm branch.

Why are we waiting?

Shhh…
THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

(c)2015   anna murdock
reposted for the season

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