Troubling Witness

Year A - Baptism of “the Lord” - Beloved

January 12, 2014

Troubling Witness

if I could

I surely would

prevent Jesus

from baptism

I could just tell

this one was going to be

trouble

with a capital T

I’d say oh no

it is I 

who should be

baptized by you

and sure enough

he was trouble

and I was

in trouble

cousin

or no cousin

my disciples

became his

I lost them

I lost my head

with Herodias

and lost my head

see how things

have come

to a pretty pass

I do declare

G*D shows no partiality

we all journey blind

from beloved to wilderness

baptizer to martyr

there is no benefit

to telling the truth

other than

telling the truth

and the truth

beloved ye be

in season and out

witness so