BLOG #9 : An Easter Poem.
ONE KISS IS ALL I ASK
Judas:
I am your most loyal servant
How can I refuse?
Jesus:
Come my love
Don’t be hard on me
Judas:
I hear the high priests singing
The women of Jerusalem are already weeping
Jesus:
Kiss me Judas, let me hear your savage sighs.
Kiss me with your thorny breath, prick my lips
Let my blood trickle into the corners of your mouth.
Judas:
Fill me with your crimson torrent.
Jesus:
Go now beloved
You know what to do.
Judas:I’ll meet you tonight near the olive press
at Gethsemane.
Jesus:
One kiss is all I ask.
© ONE KISS IS ALL I ASK. Terry McArthur. Blue Pearl Music.
CHRIST & JUDAS painting is on the ceiling of Church of Atotonilco, an 18th century church in Guanajuato, Mexico. Photo of this painting by Tomascastelazo.
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