A Poem for Ascension Day

Today is Ascension Day, the day that 40 days after Easter, 10 days before Pentecost. This feast day commemorates Jesus being taken up into Heaven.Imagine it from the eyes of those who have followed Christ from traipsing around Galilee, Crucifixion, and then Resurrection. You have just gotten your beloved Messiah returned to you, and then, poof, he's gone again. What a whipsawed feeling they must have had.For more on this day from a theological view, head over to this post on my theology blog.A few years ago, May Day, Ascension Day, and performance review deadlines all converged, and I wrote a poem, "Conducting a Performance Review on the Feast of the Ascension." It reminds me of how I am so grateful to have ascended out of administration.Conducting a Performance Review on the Feast of the AscensionI have wrestledwith these forms—a moderncrucifixion—for over fortydays. I spend more timetrying to coercethe software into cooperationthan I do in assessmentof employee…