Scenes from Easter Week
The press of crowds in the Holy City
For the Feast of the Passover
And One comes to claim a throne
Seated on a donkey
He is silent but
Speaks by his actions
Drawing acclamation and praise from those along the way. Then the silence of an upper room a ritual feast renewed feet washed bread broken a commandment given s trust betrayed a hymn sung prayer and loneliness in a garden a quick arrest
Then unspeakable violence and torture
Then a surrender of breath.
It is finished and then
A deposition
Three long days
And then
An empty tomb
And rejoicing.
Dan Verner
April 13, 2019
Biscuit City 