@ From Jerusalem To Emmaus Poem by Jordan Legaspi

From Jerusalem to Emmaus


The empty tomb
space of confusion
darkness inside our mother’s womb
the conflict between relations;
The empty net
A sense of fear loosing a face
Life’s shadow hover our chest
a fatal blow of a broken race;
The empty heart
cannot be filled with faith
head full of law thwart
the truth broken in line,
Breaking together between
faith and believing-
The community spirit, was and is


Note:
Composed in Kasama, Zambia on 2007
The poem is a reflection on the Biblical account of the two disciples leaving Jerusalem going to Emmaus after the crucifixion and death of Jesus. The “From Jerusalem to Emmaus” depicts the imagery of Jerusalem as the holy city and the walking away from it as unfaith/ discouragement after the fall/death of the leader (Jesus) these disciples trusted and followed (read the whole account in Luke 24: 13-27) .