My lovely daughter Madison has written a poem that I want to share with you all, so she is my guest blogger for this blog. The poem is titled “This Friday”, and I present it to you now. I’d love to know what you all think of it. Thanks for reading this blog.
-Ron-
“THIS FRIDAY” by Madison Lovelien
This Friday
Wake up
Put on your clothes
Eat Breakfast
This Friday
Wave to your
Family
As you leave the house
This Friday
Your tools bump up against
Your thigh as you walk
The dirt road
You enter the city
Busy
Crowded
Loud
This Friday
The sun is already telling you it’s late in the day
So you hurry
Through the crowd
To your job
This Friday
Your boss tells you
Where to go for your job
But that this time there’s something
Different
Unusual
About it
This Friday
When you arrive
It’s the usual
Women sobbing over the situation
People taunting
Others wondering
This Friday
But…
There is SOMETHING different
You go to your partners who are
Holding his wrists
Holding the nail steady
Waiting for you to pound it in
This Friday
You raise your hammer
Steady your hand
And
Look at His face
His eyes are sad
But
Not for him,
For them
Us
You.
His body
Weak though once strong
His head
Covered in a mocking crown of
Thorns
Above a sign reads
“ Jesus King of the Jews“
You look away
Questioning what has this man
Done?
This Friday
The other workers tell you to
Hurry up
You raise your hand once more
The sky darkens
You pound down
Hard
He winces
Cries out in pain
But doesn’t pull His wrists
Away
Like He
Wants to
No…
Needs to
You finish the arms
And
Move to His
Feet
This Friday
Raise the
Cross
Hear Him
Gasp
Cry out to
The Father
“It is FINISHED!!“
And YOU did it
We all did
Beautiful poem Madison! Thanks so much for sharing. Keep it up!