John 3:1-18

Perched high in our own protection

we search

looking for that one someone out there

who will give us

          almost

what we are looking for

that one someone who will drag us along

on coattails of almost making it

We search the crowd

          busy and on its way

for one

lover

                    friend

                              teacher

who will give us that edge

          that way

of fulfilling the desires within

sitting here

perched up high and finding nothing

in a world busy preaching but not hearing

I don’t even see the scene change

          (God)

Suddenly a newness splits the air

and is sucked into our

          lungs

                    heart

                              soul

almost painfully filled with life

          (so loved the world)

drawing us onward into the crowd

          (that Christ was given)

of life and death swirled together

          (that whoever)

in search

          (believes)

of the fullness that must come

          (lives)

from out there somewhere