Poems
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3 Poems by Debbie Henderson: Maundy Thursday Cool air fluttering against the nape as dying leaves blazed in Autumn canopies of rustling Swirling waves ...
twelve men follow their Rabbi along dry stone paths, resting along grassy banks in awe as he spoke ...
as bursting buds spring forth crowds flock - hope shadowed by Pharisaic envy - greed weaves a lurid web ...
a gentle breeze of unity within a shared meal blighted by shadows of stark reality - of destiny ..
as evening draws close hostile rage - betrayal from the cloisters trail a Suffering servant toward a Calvary Cross. (Debbie Henderson)
Crucifixion Sleeping in the dead of night Poets swayed to lie awake for in the shadows deep the silence speaks of one who from death was raised ...
The soul from within the tomb betrayed by Judas kiss defied the Cross - the Nails mere mortals to save from darkest days.
The Crown of Thorns pierced each bitter spiteful thought the sword pierced through each cold stone heart the scar of Eve departs.
Hell’s fury ... Flaming fire burning through in battle sod to torture all who in God’s name defying evil, the path of Calvary claim the soul in destiny raised. (Debbie Henderson)
Asylum Seekers Tortured and worn, driven and torn, forced to flee, far from home. Havens destroyed, possessions gone, their minds, imaginations soiled.
Horrific images still within eyes sunken, afraid to sing. Inhuman experiences forever more blight the lives of so many souls.
Once on our shores racist taunts of scrounging and benefit fraud, Vouchers introduced to staunch the claims demeaning and dispirited, we inflict shame.
Woe for our hearts made of stone closed to the stranger who shares our home - suffering stares from empty eyes bedraggled and forgotten one.
For there stands the Lord before our eyes No stranger, not distant, but at our side - he lives forsaken in humankind his Spirit within glorified. Debbie Henderson. ( This Poem was printed in An Anthology of Poems by Bridal way press in 2002) |