(Luke 24:36-48) WORK IN PROGRESS

RUNNING THROUGH SCRIPTURES LIKE A THEME

IS GOD’S CONCERN FOR THOSE SOCIETY HAVE PASSED BY

TIME AND TIME AGAIN

HE THUNDERS HIS CONCERN

TO THOSE WHO FORTUNE HAS BLESSED

HE HAS ONLY ONE WORD

DO NOT HOLD ON TO YOUR POSSESSIONS SO TIGHTLY

THEY HURT

 YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBOR

LUKE SAYS THAT CHRIST AFTER THE RESURRECTION

JESUS OPENED THE APOSTLE’S MINDS

SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES

THE SCRIPTURE THEY PREACHED FROM THAT MOMENT ON

WAS THE HEBREW BIBLE

THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE HAD NOT BEEN WRITTEN

THAT THE CHRISTIAN WAS TASKED

TO AID

ALLEVIATE

IF POSSIBLE REMOVE

THE BURDEN OF THE UNFORTUNATE

IT WASN’T A CHOICE

IT WENT ALONG WITH THE NAME

THAT THOSE WHO HAVE

BE CONCERNED WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT

NOT IN A CONDESCENDING WAY

BUT IN REAL BROTHERHOOD

SOME OF US WILLINGLY SHARE OUR BOUNTY

WITH THE UNFORTUNATE

FEW OF US SEEK THE SOURCE OF THEIR MALADY

AND WORK TO CORRECT IT

THE MESSAGE TO CHRISTIANS IS TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO

FRANK A VOLLMER

BEAUTY (Psalm 19)

FORGET IF YOU WILL
THE HAVOC CAUSED BY THE STORM
AND SEE A WORLD COATED IN CRYSTAL
TREES
SHRUBS
BUILDINGS
FENCES
ALL COATED IN CRYSTAL
AS THE WIND AND THE SUN COME UP
THE ICE MELTS AND DROPS
MAKING FAIRY SOUNDS AS IT LANDS

I WANT TO SAY
IT’S LIKE GRACE
 COVERING AN UGLY TREE

BUT I’M PUSHING THE SIMILE TOO FAR

I DON’T BELIEVE IN UGLY TREES
BUT WINTER TREES
THAT SHOW THE SCARS OF SURVIVAL

A THING OF BEAUTY
IS A JOY FOREVER
SO SINGS THE POET KEATS

BUT THERE ARE OTHER BEAUTIES
THE MESS OF BIRTH
AND PROCREATION

WRINKLES ON A OLD PERSON’S FACE

A FAMILY GATHERED AROUND A DEATH BED
AND THE DEATH

BUT AS FOR NOW
THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF NATURE
AND I SEE THE HAND OF GOD


FRANK A VOLLMER

(Matthew 27:5) JUDAS

FROM THE MOMENT OF LEAPING
TO THE END OF THE ROPE
HE CRIED
JESUS FORGIVE ME FOR MY SUGH

LATER WHEN JESUS VISITED
THE DEAD
ALL THOSE WHO HAD WAITED
 FOR A MESSIAH

HE MET HIS FATHER
KINGS AND PROPHETS
ORDINARY PEOPLE
WHO DIED LONGING

HE HAD COME TO
PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS

HE HAD COME TO TAKE THEM HOME

AT THE BACK OF THE CROWD
HEAD DOWN OUT OF SHAME
ROPE MARKS ON HIS NECK

HE SAID
I HAVE GRIEVOUSLY SINNED

BUT JESUS SAID
I HAVE DIED
LET’S GO HOME


FRANK A VOLLMER