What happens when we stop
asking questions? What if instead
we had kept on, like a child
of God asking why? why? but why?
If we had trusted enough
to stay in our cautious curiosity,
allowed our anger, even outrage
to feed a sceptical hope.
He was our mirror; turning away
we forgot how he looked
a little like a boy we once loved.
I could wish that instead of walking
away that like Jacob, I had wrestled
until there was no more night,
no more stars falling silently to light;
only the breaking open of day
and the delicate wound of God.
No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. (Matthew 22:46)
