Peter comes across as big and bold
A no nonsense type of guy
Do as you’re told
Quick to speak his mind
Or take offense
Quick to use his sword
In his defence
Jesus saw the qualities in the man
And called him Rock
Steady in the van
A church to be built on him
And it was no whim
Solid as a rock
One who can
And yet Peter had a lot yet still to learn
The way to peace that leads through suffering
The weakness that was found
When a simple girl looked round
And asked are you a friend to him
And seeing how his master took the road
Carrying a cross a heavy load
How patient in his suffering and death
How strong his cry with his dying breath
How quietly upon that Easter morn
The life returned that others had so scorned
He learned a way of life that he must live
For ever after and example give
And so today we see his words writ down
Wrap yourselves in humility each one
And live a life of service to the one
Who lived and died and rose that we might see
The loveliness of life and liberty
Brian Fahy
25 April 2022
Erris Poetry 