Gethsemane
an old oliveoil press rusting at the bottom of a sandy garden
in his occupied territory.
man lying prostrate,
on the soil.
murmuring.
about a weight, a burden, something.
we disciples could not hear clearly,
what with all the muffled explosions
and such.
this man, this man, he screamed out ‘NOT AS I WILL BUT AS YOU WILL FATHER!’.
but there was no other man there, no father, nothing.
Was this man drunk?
I do not think so.
But he may have drunk some wine
sometime.
pause in the battle, to hear the cock crow
three times:
faraway strange: sunset, not sunrise.
but roosters had been eaten, long ago
what with the siege and the starvation and whatnot.
I don't know. .
Harry O'Neill
Sun 13th Aug 2017 12:35
John,
I must have missed this first time round, (I`ve been `agonising` a bit myself recently and can`t do much?)
This `take` on the ongoing situations which were part of the evils that Christ was agonising about at that time is very apt in both place and modern reference...(and also the three cock crows !)
Just prior to the actual time of Gethsemane Christ had been drinking...wine...at the last supper (now there`s a thought)
(roll on the op ?)
A very thoughtful poem