Jesus still walks in Palestine

Jesus still walks in Palestine

among the dispossessed and poor

accepts the warm welcome
to drink coffee under olive trees

still threatened with  axe

of cruel oppressors

Wind carves the wadi walls 

into soaring cathedrals 

and paints the desert flowers,

His dazzling jewels of wonder,

and pours the mysteries of the universe 

into the eyes of some Bedouin child.

His crown of thorns now razor wire

His back now flogged

with settlers spiked club,

his presence barred by settlement walls,

his loud sobs mingle with the tears

of children weeping from tear-gas bombs

So let us be Christs' hands and mouth
anoint us, to proclaim good news to your poor

to release the captives

in your native land

to proclaim sight to those blinded by dead religion

and let the oppressed go free!

                

Pic Charlie B