poem based on Sunday of Passion Mark 14:1-15:47

Some knew

--at least in part

what you were saying

some heard the words you spoke

so gentle

--so clear

about what was to come

your death

the kingdom

some heard

--and followed you because they heard

without fully understanding it

--there was an urgency in your eyes

----they could sense the pain

----the anguish

--in the moment

and silently

--lovingly

she anointed the one who would be the messiah

for what was to come

blessing that which was to be given

for all humanity

while the rest of the world was about its business

--its agendas

that pit one against another

this one knew

of the bud that was to burst into beauty

in a kingdom breaking in

to the business and agendas of our lives

with love