Sonnet: The Prodigal Son’s Older Brother

Take heed the story of the older son With work and sweat and thankless servanthood To watch his Father take off on a run and wrap his arms around a heart of wood. With scabs of faithfulness upon his brow and blisters where the ring’s supposed to be He watches with his hand still on the plow As Jacob falls upon their Father’s knee What’s … Continue reading Sonnet: The Prodigal Son’s Older Brother

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Sonnets

Lenten Sonnet

Give up your meat, give up your right to win. Take on the shame, behold your righteous rags. While stepping in the foot-tracks of your sin, The stony weight upon your back now sags. With shoulders slumped the pathway rises on While skeletons of yesteryear appear And chatter with their mercies well withdrawn The incline rises ever more severe. Lift up thine eyes, a Savior … Continue reading Lenten Sonnet

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