Enemy territory

Wednesday in Holy Week

Turn you steps toward the endless ruins;
the enemy has laid waste everything in your sanctuary.
Psalm 74:3

The path also wends its way
into the ruins
of misplaced hopes
and distorted vision
and arrogant sinfulness

Now is the time to let these burdens drop--
to abandon them
in the enemy’s territory
and keep walking

For even here
the promise of new life
manifests in the foreground

The only way forward is through