They burdened the beam

Upon His shoulder…

Stripped naked, beaten,

Abused.

Then re-clothed in a rag

The life force dripped from his back,

From his forehead,

Where the graceless crown of thorns

Embedded themselves

Puncturing an unlined brow.

Each drop satisfying

Darkened hearts filled

With Sanhedric piety.

A pained yet untroubled expression

Settled upon His countenance as he

Walked the longest walk

Each step taking Him closer to

His father

Closer to His prewritten end.

 

He stumbled, and fell

Staggered up,

Stumbled and fell again.

And the jeers of His people rang

Throughout the city

Smothering the tears

And broken cries of his supporters.

His family.

A stranger relieved him of

His evident burden

The one there for all to see.

At the hill, they laid him down,

Bound his burden to a stake

And brutally pierced those

Innocent palms

Each with a Nail

Pinioning Him to the wooden beam

Then another

Through His feet.

His pain evident with each blow.

Then they raised Him up.

A mockery to His mission.

 

The crowds watched,

Still taunting Him

As he hung

Crudely attached to

A wooden cross.

He blessed a companion

In agony.

He blessed a heartbroken

Friend

Cried out in His mortal agony.

Then came the darkest hour

When all the world stood still

When the people held their breath

When the victory of Our Lord became palpable.

When the curtain between eternity

And mortality was raised.

And in one final cry to the Heavens

He fulfilled the Father’s Word

And became the sacrifice of Love

 

©Michelle E Evans 13 January 2007

 

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