Haiku for reading the signs
Apocalyptic
imagery to puzzle
and to disconcert.
In those days, he said,
even the skies will rebel:
the sun, moon and stars.
The end times have come,
not because heaven says so;
the planet is lost.
Look at the fig tree,
or at the barrier reef;
the extreme weather.
We ask the questions:
Where is God in all of this;
what are we to do?
When the master comes
the servants are expected
to have done their jobs.
Keep alert! Wake up!
The hour, the day is coming;
perhaps it is here.
Again the question:
What does he expect of you,
who carry his name?
© Ken Rookes 2017.