The Zebedee Files – finale
3.
I wonder, how old
Are we when we first
Let go of our own?
Until we feel that
Earthquake inside
Tearing us between
One of two secrets: to
Gain a getting, or freely
Give our light away
He knew; aftershocks
Shook them loose: two
Sons of light given
Only brief glimpses
After, of their own hearts
Discipled by another
Givers both: 153 large
Miracle fish sold
To fill the gap, the debt
Then…cold, blackest news:
Herod’s sharp sword
Taking firstborn James
Yet inscribing his
Name in a Testament
Yet to be written, and
John: Son of thunder,
Hard labour on Patmos
Staring into heaven
In the Spirit
On the Lord’s Day
Like his father of old
Zebedee, by name.