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When the cheering stops

May 2, 2018 by Chris Gribble

Readying myself for Palm Sunday today I sat with John’s gospel and Luke’s account of Palm Sunday. Easter is fast approaching again and I couldn’t help but be touched by this image and all that must have been happening for Jesus at this time.

A Palm Sunday poem

When the cheering stops
Comes silence,
Quiet heartbreak,
Sleeplessness,
Aloneness,
Awake to my darkest fears,
Sadness, tinged with anticipation,
The harsh words of condemnation,
From my own kind
And, from within,
The passions
of jealousy,
Overrule what is right,
To make way for love,
The journey beginning,
Here
Right now
Where I am
Where I don’t want to be,
But, where love is,
On a donkey,
Waiting for fronds
To become spears.

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Today I am going to start living
As only I can live,
I am going to walk in the bush
Listen lovingly to friends,
Take time to hear the birds sing
Love my wife
Be present for my children,
And, wonder at this precious gift
Of life and dreams and time,
Just today, is all I have,
Today I am going to live.

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