Golgotha

Control cut down the tree,

shaping, reforming vertical beauty;

forcing uniformity, perpendicular intersection.

Politics laid the groundwork

for the planning commission

robbing humanity’s common good.

Power shaped and formed the nails;

flat heads for pounding,

sharp points for penetration.

Religion formed the molds,

pouring molten metal into

orthodoxy’s safe conformity.  

Violence created the hammer;

wood cushioning the shock of hand,

steel maximizing impact of the swing.

Economics wedged the head of force

into the handle of advantage,

expanding chasm between haves and nots.

Stubborn belief that these three –

Control, Power, Violence –

were the only and best means

to victory, set the plan in motion;

God-with-skin-on bowed

to culture’s relentless "advance".

For three days it seemed

as if it were not only true but inevitable.

Who could have imagined anything else?

© 2013 Todd Jenkins