Occasional Impressions

Gemini Twin

I can’t believe in a God who allows...

I am Annas,
      and I crucify my brother with a sneer
      and justify my action with a joke.

I am Caiaphas,
      and brace my hand to slay for a veneer
      of unity - gummed up, alas, with blood.

I am Herod,
      and my mind is dimmed by pleasures
            long since dulled
      alike my life is fading as my hope.

I am Pilate,
      and I stand apart in lonely broken power
      and contemplate the suicide of love.

I am leaning,
      idly gazing at the God I crucify
      demanding why the world flows dark
            with pain.
rj

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