Let Rocks Their Silence Break (Luke 19)

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To hold the disciples’ throats 
against His praise, 

after the tied colt 
is ushered in, 

the Lord riding him 
into Jerusalem, 

after the spreading of clothes, 
branches and limbs, 

after loud-voiced 
worship of Him, 

hosannas and hymns before He wept 
over all of them, 

yearning to gather the city in 
like chickens 

under His wings, 
but they refused Him— 

to hold these disciples’ throats 
against His praise 

would quicken the very stones 
to cry out, the sound prolonged 

in homage to Him.