The Redbud Or Flowering Judas

The Redbud Tree Judas Tree or Flowering Judas The darkest hours come to a close All- inclusive clouds cover the crescent moon and stars, Families at rest in their dwellings, waiting for the morn All will awake to inconsolable news I walk the dusky, dusty road with so much despair in my core, My anguish for my transgression Without being noticed, I leave in a lurch To the countryside My head hangs downwards in hopelessness Because of a kiss my soul bleeds from the betrayal An anvil of desperation, my spirit is bursting My sin unforgiving Vile, foul night air, the gloom of loneliness I finally cannot endure I've got to do something to stop the ache of my transgression A tree I see in the vestiges of the dark I approach and sit by the roots of the dark shadow Redbud tree My remembrance of what I want to suppress I've got to stop this bleeding of pain in my soul, no more I can handle I take the rope from around my waist Put one end around the limb of the shadow Redbud tree The other around my neck and kneel Ending this broken heart and suffering I bear By: Eve Roper 1/23/2015 Luke 22 - The Last Supper; Jesus Is Betrayed When Judas saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse. Judas hung himself on a redbud tree. For centuries the Cercis siliquastrum has been called the “Judas tree.” As Judas hung on the tree, the tree’s white flowers turned red because the tree was ashamed that the betrayer of Christ died on it. Judas hung himself on a Redbud tree. Your favorite Poem Contest Contest Judged: 3/19/2015 Honorable Mention Contest Name: Any Poem That Received Honorable Mention