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At The Edge Of Bethlehem, 2
Each of us has experienced the dream
warning last night. Our circumstances seem
to have been changed. Much as we wish to stay---
to make a longer inquiry today---
we must depart, and take another way
home. Herod is unstable: the condition
and balance of his mind is much in question.
That rage of his is not mere indigestion.
He loves to find a reason to condemn
the innocent. His soul is filled with gall,
and envy. When we left Jerusalem,
I had a rather frightening premonition---
of foregone doom---outside the city wall.
Beyond the gate, and down the road I saw
a little hill, where crosses stood, a small
ridge---but it looked exactly like a skull.
Starward
[jlc]
