Sonnet

I am the handmaid of the Lord.
Let what you have said be done to me.
This question in us too is deeply stored.
We too can, if we want, be free.

But like her we have to choose.
We are free to say yes or no.
We have only our fear to loose.
We can be brave or go with the flow.

What if she had out of fear declined.
All history would have stopped.
She went happily into her tragic fate blind.
No she did it out of duty, the only chance not dropped.

Perhaps we should keep on praying she says yes.
asking for the chance hope to bless.

Haiku

Pray she does say yes
All history would now change
If she does say no