Golgotha Days Poem by Malcolm Evison

GOLGOTHA DAYS (Draft 3)

Advent reflections swiftly became
Gethsemane nights
and Golgotha Days

my Palestinian Jesus
the one whose followers
proclaimed as Christ

looked on and felt
like He'd never been born
His people still tortured

maimed and killed
by an occupying power
His cries ignored

the government
of my birthland
applauds the massacre of innocents

as if all light and hope
had been smothered
in the womb

and Jesus wept



Malcolm Evison - December 2023