DID HE KNOW

DID HE KNOW


DID HE KNOW
WHEN HE CAME WITH HIS BAND OF TWELVE
TO OVERLOAD THE WEDDING PARTY
DID HE KNOW
THEY WOULD RUN OUT OF WINE
DID HE KNOW
THAT HIS MOTHER
WITH THE ASSURANCE
THAT MOTHERS AND OTHER LOVERS HAVE
THAT WHEN SHE REQUESTED HELP
HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT
DID HE KNOW
THAT HE WOULD NOT CONTAIN
THE PLAYFULNESS OF LOVE
AND TEASE HER
WHAT IS THAT TO ME
BUT SHE, SURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS LOVE
SAID TO THE SERVANTS
DO WHAT HE TELLS YOU
FILL THE JUGS WITH FRESH WATER
FILL THE JUGS USED FOR WASHING FEET
WITH FRESH WATER
TAKE THEM TO THE STEWARD OF THE FEAST
TWICE IN HIS LIFE HE WOULD DO THAT
BEFORE AN IMPORTANT ACTION
DO SOMETHING WITH WASHING OF FEET
A SERVANT'S JOB
MORE LIKELY A SLAVE
WHAT DID HE TRY TO TELL US IN THIS STORY
THAT LOVE AND THE IMPULSES OF LOVE
SHOULD PERMEATE DOWN TO THE LOWEST
MOST BASIC LEVELS OF NEEDS
SO THAT ONE'S WHOLE BEING
SHOULD CRY LOVE
FROM NECESSITY TO ECSTASY
THAT LOVE CHANGES US
THAT WATER TOUCHED BY HIS LOVE
BECOMES WINE
IN THE WAY THE FACES OF LOVERS ARE SUFFUSED WITH COLOR
THE WATER RESPONDED TO LOVE
AND BECAME WINE
COLOR OF BLOOD
COLOR OF BLUSHING
COLOR OF PASSION
COLOR OF CHANGE
I AM NO LONGER WATER
I AM WINE

GIVEN FOR YOU
I AM ALL THE GRAPES GROUND DOWN TO WINE
CAN YOU IMITATE ME AND BE GROUND DOWN
NOT GRAPES BUT WINE
CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO THIS PROCESS
CAN YOU BECOME WINE
CAN YOU MAKE THE WATER OF YOUR BEING BLUSH
WITH LOVE AND LONGING FOR THE OTHER
THEN SHALL I COME TO LIVE WITH YOU
AND THE WIND OF YOUR AGE
SHALL BE BETTER THAN ANY BEFORE
AND LOVE WILL SHOW IT ACTION
IN THE KISSING, WASHING OF CLOTHING, OF FEET
AND THE SURETY SHE FELT WHEN SHE SAID
DO WHAT HE TELLS YOU
FEAR NOT
HE HAS SAVED THE GOOD WINE TILL LAST


FRANK A VOLLMER