2 Kings 5 is important context for this poem. Oh, and it’d be nice if I could walk again too.
The Israeli servant said,
Go to the prophet of YHWH.
There is a God who hears
who speaks
who heals.
I said,
Here are the prophets of Rimmon.
They have no ears
no voice
no power.
The prophet Elisha said,
Go to the Jordan River.
The LORD of Israel will make you clean.
I said,
Here I am of Syria.
Don’t I have better rivers
armies
friends?
My servants said,
We’ve come so far.
Will your pride keep you from washing
from victory
from community?
The LORD spoke;
He met me in the river.
He washed me clean of pride
of ignorance
oh, and leprosy.
