Jesus Was A Healer

Jesus was a healer

never turned a patient down

never charged coin or conversion

started off with dust and spittle

then re-tuned lives to pattern

simply by his attention

often surprised himself a little

by his unbounded ability

Jesus was a healer

reattached his captor’s ear

opened senses, unjammed cripples

sent pigs to drown delirium

cured a shy tug at his hem

learned to transmit resurrection

could have stood more Thank You

for God’s sake, which was his own

Jesus was a healer

keep this quiet, he would mutter

to his learners. Copy me

and they did to a degree

still depicted on church walls

cure without treatment or rehearsals.

~Les Murray