Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” Jn 19:22
long before the arrogant words
humility was spoken in a garden
long before the unjust sentence
a yoke was freely accepted in a garden
long before the jeers of rejection
a choice was freely made in a garden
long before Peter’s denials
love poured out unconditionally in a garden
long before Judas’s betrayal
a father abandoned his son in a garden
long before this act of obedience
disobedience arose in another garden
Longing For Water 