Abraham and Isaac Sonnet Poem

What a journey, what a chore. What a pain and open sore

Heavy steps and silent weight; heavy heart in laboured rate

Pictures flashing through the mind break the seal to open door

To insight of a parent’s wait, the challenge on each parent’s plate

Let go of child, beloved one, surrender precious only son

And in the process lead that child to be a man of courage mild

An adult who with race well run can sacrifice and bring the sum

Of all that he in heap has piled, dreams both calm and truly wild

To give beyond his selfish will and trust the love of parent still

This surely is the message caught within a heart so deeply taught by faith that trusts a greater will,

that does not ever wish to kill but walks each step as he does ought,

 knowing that the peace he sought will filter through and find a way to mould our lives and fill life’s cup

These men of God have taught us much of parenting and growing up. –

By Midifo Yearns