The First Stone

How the first stone became the one that was never thrown

The first stone, at the top of the pile, was ready.

I was ready to pick them up

                                                    one by one

                                             To take my share

                                                     of the stones

that would soon be

      hurtling

           through the air.

But then

    just as I stooped

                       to pick up that stone,

     ready to kill the woman

          for her sin

I heard  Him say,

“Let he who is without sin

cast the first stone.”

I turned and walked away.

The stones I gathered

are still lying there

today.

John 8:1-11