Spineless
...Friend of Tiberius Caesar,
Ruthless servant of the Iron Kingdom;
Hands of blood on this adjudicator,
Treading the Pavement anointed with venom.
Into the judgment hall the clay man gaits,
Closing his eyes to truth and righteousness,
Facing the frenzied, priestly pack that hates:
Decisions hour unveiling his weakness.
Garbed in the corrupting garments of might,
Bends to their deafning, decadent demands;
Fiendish brutality marring the Light:
Innocence claimed, then he washes his hands.
Spotless
... Friend of impoverished sinners,
Matchless Servant of His God Jehovah;
Hands of purity grasping earths losers,
Ascending stone steps, the Prophet Yeshua.
Into the upper-room flows the Fullness,
Closing the door on the languishing vine,
Gathring the twelve ambitious for status;
Departures hour heralds the solemn dead-line.
Garbed in the bondmans linen towel attire,
Bends to manifest His greatness replete,
Wrapped with humility meant to inspire,
The Innocent kneels, He washes their feet.