This Generation
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.
Matthew 11:17
In the market place,
a game of children.
One does not dance
when the flute is played,
mimicking a wedding feast.
The other does not mourn
when the singing is of death.
What did they expect?
Did they come to see a prophet,
or king?
Did they expect glimmering robes?
Whatever is received,
it is never enough?
One came by the river,
without food or drink,
and he is called a demon.
The son comes
sharing meals of tradition
and hospitality,
and he is called a friend of sinners.
I played a wedding song for you,
on my flute
and you chose not to dance.
I sang the somber hymns
of funeral march
and you chose not to cry.
To what are you compared,
this generation
and the next?
You are neither happy
when the grass is green,
nor when it is brown.
copyright 2023 - Donald P James Jr
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