Barabbas

[bogpan]

Where are my hands?
Where are they?
They're reaching for dark
chests.
And somebody is giggling.
Barabbas!
And my backbone is
squeezing.
I can't breath.
Take them.

The Three Wise Men passed
by
(without stopping)
after a long star.
On the hill
there was a town.


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Merry New Year and Christmas light at all.
Thank you for your congratulations on my birthday and especially Billy.

and to you

the last verse worked well. it feels a bit out of time with first though as barabbas came 30 odd years later. maybe if the stanza were reversed it would make a difference. jmo.

i did get that votes to free barabbas were paid for, and that for pilot and others hands were tied, if that was your insight.
thanks for the read.

Matthew 5:14, he tells his listeners, "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden."The poem is an internal monologue with this biblical phrase, in my fairly long experience. It seems most people accept as biblical parables dead and just want to tell strict chronology of events as written, but do not realize that everything is happening today with them. Must be paid for the release of Barabbas, because the political problem is the Christ and he should get off the stage. Historical method in politics, which is valid today, in which we all participate pursue their goals tangible, easy to manipulate.Thanks Billy for your perusal. I appreciate the British sense of humor.Merry Christmas!