The Nature of Betrayal

Ask Esau about the metaphysics 

of deception 

                  whereby a blind father

gives to a lying son what  is not his

and God honors the blessing as if 

seeing a self-reflection in a moment

the nature of reality 

and  how betrayal often is a step into

something better than what 

might have been.

                            I'm not making this up,

it's in The Book.

                          In more places than one

right down and through the Passion 

and Resurrection

                           which isn't about Jesus               

dying for our sins but showing

just what it takes to die to the greatest

lie -- of being who we're not.

                                            That may be mine

but it's in The Book

if only between the lines.

-Byron Hoot