Judas, the betrayer, was betrayed,
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| The Last Supper, by DaVinci |
or thought as much.
Following the Christ three years,
watching all the miracles,
waiting for the moment
he would move, rise up,
and crush the Roman dogs,
restore God's rule upon the earth.
Such a disappointment.
Judas thought he'd help
him find his backbone,
push him to the brink,
provoke the necessary action,
invoking power, all the might
that Judas knew his Lord possessed.
I have felt betrayed as well, distressed
when plans inside my head and heart
do not line up with what I see.
If I had been there on that night
and if the Lord had said
that one of us around the table
would betray him,
I sure hope his eyes would not
have turned to me.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2022
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