The Accused

by RC DeWinter

Title

The Accused

Artist

RC DeWinter

Medium

Painting - Digital Oils-paintpgraphy-photopainting

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Copyright 2014 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved

Christ Before the Sanhedrin: The Final Frontier

Snatched up and brought here in an alien spacecraft
light years from where I rightfully belong,
I have been dragged before a large tribunal
of men unknown to me before this hour.
They have blood in their eyes, these inquisitors,
and no doubt bloodstains on their hands as well.

I am accused of much, but every witness
disagrees with each that follows.
It seems being a magus is the foremost
among the many grievous crimes I bear.
I cannot understand how they should know this,
never having been in this place before.
And where I come from magick is no evil,
merely an entertainment at street fairs.
I do not protest any of the charges,
what defense can I mount to blasphemy?

The witnesses are finally exhausted,
there is no other standing left to speak.
The members of this infamous tribunal
begin their own interrogation.
The questions fly like arrows in a volley,
one loosed after the other with no pausing.
My head spins trying to absorb the words.
And then, the man most dangerous among them -
I know this by his cruel and hungry mouth -
leans in and hisses at me like a viper,
"Do you deny you are the Son of God?"

I am undone.
How can he know I AM the son of Godde,
the keeper of the keys to all that's holy
in the place from which I was abducted?
For verily that is my father's birth name,
and he - my father - is an upright man;
to be his son is naught to be ashamed of.
"I am," I answer, "I do not deny it."

A roar erupts as every man is standing,
and I am taken to a dungeon cell.
Upon arrival there I am well beaten
and thrown with no great care upon the floor.
The door slams shut.
I hear a name, not clearly, being shouted.
I may not have it right, it sounds like Pilot.
He is to be my judge in this charade.
~ copyright 2014 RC deWinter

Interpreted from a film still supplied by the subject.

This painting has been FEATURED in too many groups to list. Thanks to the group hosts for their encouragement and support.

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