He let himself be taken
Did not fight
Did not resist the guards at night
He became forsaken
And yet he stood his ground
He was a man
Never was a finer man
And his voice the sound
All of us will suffer pain
It’s part of life
The constant strife
But in it we find gain
Do not resist the evil one
Outmanoeuvre him
Let him see his sin
On both the sun has shone
The way of Jesus does not fail
We have not tried it
Oft denied it
Begin again set sail
Brian Fahy
11 June 2022
+ Facing one’s pain and not avoiding it is the true path of life. Avoiding talking about painful matters does not save us, but rather blocks our ability to be free again to live life well. These thoughts are prompted by a film on BBC IPlayer – Your Mum and Dad by the Dutch documentary film-maker, Klaartje Quirijns. Prompted also by the fact that Jesus walked towards his painful end and not away from it. We can go through our pain and come alive again, just as Jesus went through death and was restored to life.
Erris Poetry 