Mocking

Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” They kept heaping many other insults on him. When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” He replied, “If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I question you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” All of them asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say that I am.” Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!” Luke 22:63-71

Mocking

Teasing and mocking, being a bully
once the playground behaviors
now have been brought to the center
adults acting like cruel children
leading others to damage the vulnreable.

We taught our children kindness
the respect of difference and ability
tenderness and inclusion of special ones
patience with the halting and the slow
yet the wealthy threaten them daily.

The Savior sat on the judgment seat
former child bullies, now cruel men
bound and beaten, he did not reply
knowing their broken hearts, aching
to comfort the unloved child still.

We can put others in bonds and cages
mocking them for their freedom cries
arrest them for wanting to live free
calling them illegal and criminal
imprisoning again the Son of Man.