The Power to Change
by Kellie Henningsen
A Roman officer brushes me to the side as dust swirls around the growing crowd of people. For the first time, I wonder if mother might have been right. Maybe this is no place for a boy of twelve.
I can see him now! My heart sinks in horror as my eyes take in the man before me. Blood drips from the lacerations covering his face. From his frail form, his robe hangs in shreds as his body slumps with more than just the weight of the cross on his back. He stumbles now and the crowd grows quiet.
I watch in horror as the Roman soldier grabs someone from the crowd and shoves him toward Jesus yelling orders at him. The man named Simon approaches Jesus and lifts the cross from his back. Their eyes meet and time stands still for one brief moment.
The air reverberates with the renewed drumming cries from the crowd as they mock Jesus for his weakness. Simon heaves the cross onto his shoulders and we fall in behind him as he slowly leads the procession up Golgotha's Hill.
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