the betrayal

[2ndtweekend]

i should have listened when told that you reap what you sow
'stead of planting my poison in one hellish row
i denied him three times 'fore the rooster did crow
betray him did i so now i must go
to hell to reap harvest of that which i've sown
he was jesus the christ, though that yet not known
now all have a saviour while i burn and moan
the desert bound prophet that died all alone
by judas iscariot my name is best known
by the sins i commited that jesus foretold
also how he righted the doubts that i'd shown
to show that as christ he'd forever be known
the truth i would see once my sin was full blown
these questions the three damning seeds that i'd sown

do you know this man?...no.
do you know this man?...no
do you know this man?...no

right then upon me spiritual truth was bestowed
but my sin was so dark, so unforgivingly low
realizing my damnation as the time seemed to slow
that i'd destroyed the messiah, and with him my soul
it became frighteningly clear that to hell i must go
could not hold onto my sanity i had to let go
my whole being it shook beyond all control
my knees they got weak, and my knees they did bow
yet i had one last sin to commit 'fore i go
suicide on sin wagon to damnation i rode
christ three times denied, and a rooster did crow

 

[2ndtweekend]

i've been informed via a p.m. that it was actually peter that betrayed jesus not judas..peter betrayed him three times before the cock crowed.....sorry for the innaccuracy....



peace

 

[Psyastic]

Actually, Judas did betray Jesus. Both Peter and Judas did. But yes, in the context of your poem, it was Peter, not Judas.

From Wikipedia:

Judas is mentioned only in the gospels and at the beginning of Acts. According to the account given in the gospels, he carried the disciples' money box and betrayed Jesus for a bribe of "thirty pieces of silver" by identifying him with a kiss—the "kiss of Judas"— to arresting Roman soldiers. The "pieces of silver" were most likely intended to be understood as silver Tyrian shekels.

 

[2ndtweekend]

next time i'll research....i saw the passion of the christ.....got my head "right" and just wrote it without much thought...u guys know how poems flow....if u have to think about it...it's forced...the good stuff just comes


peace

 

[cherub]

I guess it doesn't matter who did what if you are writting about the act itself... so good write... isn't it the matter about the feeling and not the "facts" of it ll ??

good work !