ATONEMENT

ATONEMENT

Inspired by photo by Sabina Bibi

Jack Tomlinson

United Kingdom

The shackles are off,

Divine intervention intervened

During the darkest hours of a man’s

Existence and life prevailed in a song

Of poetic beauty.

Freedom danced through the cotton fields

And chains fell to the floor clattering

A rhythm of ecstasy and joy.

Hungry bellies and thirsty hearts

Grumbled yet beat in a way only god

Could understand.

Jesus walked through the fields that day.

And men was human once more.