by Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2024
First published in Clean Fiction Magazine as Featured Poem (Spring 2025 Edition)
A carpenter
stilled storm-tossed waves
calming wind and sea,
instilling faith
in young disciplines
sailing Lake Galilee,
where with two fish,
and five loaves of bread,
ashore in ministry,
He fed vast crowds
with words and food
given to set them free.
Who was this man
whom winds obeyed
and crowds did adore,
who told parables
to teach men truths
on timeworn, windswept shores?
A fisherman
who caught more men
than fish roaming the lake,
who broke Himself
upon a cross
for their and our good sake,
forgiving us
in final breath
though men did Him forsake.