Of all the people

Rock star,
politician,
pro athlete;
of all the people
you could have been,
you chose to become
a servant -

for us.

Power,
wealth,
divinity;
of all the privileges
you might have grasped,
you chase to take hold
of a cross -

for us.

Paris,
Cancun,
Los Angelies;
of all the roads
you might have taken,
you chose the one
running through Jerusalem -

for us.

of all the pople
you might have died for -

you did . . .

Amen.

(c) 2004 Thom M. Shuman