Sunflower Shoots in Babylonian Cemeteries

With thanks to Cam, I’ve just come across this spoken prose by Joshua Luke Smith. So powerful – I recommend you take a few minutes to watch it, and to reflect upon it.

Here’s just a glimpse:

I hear the voice of an ancient prophet speaking to a depleted people,
Housed in the walls of exile and defeat.
They are longing for a home they’ve only heard of,
A city they’re unsure of, a country where they hope to be,
And it is to them this wild man comes with fire on his tongue.

He descends with a word from the God that they have almost forgotten, and he says,
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a revelation?
Do you want to renew your vision and reshape a broken nation?........

Make your stand against injustice loud.
No. Make it definite.
Push the needle towards integrity.
Pour Kintsugi gold into the hostage memory.
Turn those ashes into confetti.

Burn down the idols and craft wedding rings,
Covenantal icons from the bed sheets of adultery
And build tree houses for your children in the garden of Gethsemane.

I don't know if we have long left and I don't know if they'll remember me, or you,
but we have work to do.
And this may be our legacy,
Sunflower shoots in Babylonian cemeteries.