.
a joyful crowd lined the way
along the busy streets;
no one guessed, no one knew,
that he would be dead,
nailed to a cross,
before the end of day.
a carpet of palm leaves
strewed the path
while the people laughed and cheered.
(how easily are they swayed?)
tricked, trapped, betrayed,
his spotless life exchanged
for that of a common criminal,
scourged, cursed by his people,
he bowed to the will of his father
to bring us his message of love
on that hill named golgotha.
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©Denise G Allen, 09 September 2014 07:06
