Haiku for Pilgrims
Family road trip:
The annual pilgrimage
for the Passover.
Three days on the road:
Nazareth – Jerusalem;
and then the return.
Such a company
of family and friends; he’ll
be around, somewhere.
Twenty-four hours
before the child was missed. Back
to Jerusalem!
Aged twelve, they found him
in the temple, discussing
spiritual things.
Mightily relieved,
his parents took him to task:
Why have you done this?
Why were you searching?
I was always at home here,
in my Father’s house.
Back in Nazareth
the boy stayed out of trouble,
at least for a time.
© Ken Rookes 2021
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