This poem is taken from a story of Jesus in the Bible, (Matthew 21:18-20) where he cursed a fig tree and caused it to wither. While this might seem harsh, it’s helpful to know something. A unique characteristic of Israel’s fig tree is that its leaves and fruit appear are supposed to appear at the same time! This is unlike other trees, where leaves come first, then fruit.
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There once was a fig tree
that put out leaves,
which meant–it should have fruit.
While other fig trees were barren,
as it wasn’t their time,
so quiet–they stayed put.
From a distance Jesus noticed,
and with hunger he drew near,
to hopefully find upon the tree,
what it said it did so bear.
But alas, it lied; it’s fruit, a farce!
Its’ leaves were all it had.
It acted the part, it looked to be good,
when the truth was it was all bad.
So in disgust Jesus cursed
the tree with fruitless limbs.
Not because it bore no fruit,
but because it lied to him.
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