Parable
the kingdom of God is like
a man who buys a bargain basement shrub
and plants it in his garden
and when it grows
it is not a small and tidy thing
it is horse chestnut
alive with lime green leaves
and tall pink candle flowers
its roots will wreck the footings
of his house
and when he sees this great tree…
I love this poem/parable of Jan Dean's and the way she/kingdom undermine the man made house building enterprise.
It looks interesting without the line breaks. Like a brick you might throw through a window.
I don’t know what happened to the formatting. Didn’t mean to break your window or house. Note for anyone reading this …. It looks far better at Jan Dean’s blog at shinystuff.