Plastic Jesus Poem by Deborah Downes

Plastic Jesus on dashboards and in celluloids
Expressionless face mouthing great wisdom in monotone
Hanging from a cross of suffering as though in peaceful slumber
His heart and soul of passion displayed without emotion
Biblical words but a weak reflection of His true meaning.

This is not my Lord and my God
Who is great beyond mere man’s ability to depict
This is not His message which cannot be contained by human language
When will creation accept that it was born of God’s vision
Not the other way around?