"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

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