Their heart was hardened. Did they not know <br />He was their Creator, who from five loaves <br />Fed five thousand men [and women and children too! ] <br />[One loaf sufficed for more than a thousand] who <br />Ate the barley bread, which though three days old, <br />Was yet crisp and warm, fresh from the oven? <br />Did they not know this was bread from heaven? <br /> <br />And what kind of fish was this? <br />Sweet enough to kiss! <br />[And savour! ] <br />Where did it get this flavour? <br />Oh, such satisfaction among the multitude <br />Replete with delicious heavenly food! <br />They were filled with wonder, <br />[Forgotten their former pangs of hunger], <br />Belly-full with bliss, <br />This was manna from heaven, this <br />Was a miracle beyond imagination, <br />The perfect miracle of satiation! <br /> <br />And they wanted to make him king <br />Of Galilee, Judea and Palestine; <br />They knew nothing of heaven; they were so blind. <br />Did they not see the broken bread <br />[And the blood shed <br />From Calvary, sweet as wine]? <br />The oil that made their faces shine? <br />Oh, such hardness in their heart. <br />They simply could not grasp the story <br />Of the Cross and its abundant resurrection glory.<br /><br />Tom Prato<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/five-loaves-and-two-fishes/
