4.15.2014

Passion Play

(Good Friday Meditation)

“Surely it is not I, Surely it is not I”
“I have written what I have written.”
“I do not know, I do not know, I do not know him!”
“Crucify, crucify, crucify, crucify him.”

The Director halts this repetitive babble,
with his signature line:
“It is finished.”

The curtain rips and falls,
and the cast and crew
wonder if this is
the final act
of their careers. 

All the Kingdoms of the World

(Second temptation of Christ)

‘So here’s the deal and this is what you get:

The penthouse suite with world-commanding views,


The banker’s bonus and the private jet


Control and ownership of all the news


An ‘in’ to that exclusive one percent,


Who know the score, who really run the show


With interest on every penny lent 


And sweeteners for cronies in the know.


A straight arrangement between me and you


No hell below or heaven high above


You just admit it, and give me my due


And wake up from this foolish dream of love…’


But Jesus laughed, ‘You are not what you seem.


Love is the waking life, you are the dream.’


Malcolm Guite