We are blood and
................separated

Jesus, firstborn, loved

................and hated

You were first--tempted, untainted
Sorrow-filled--with grief acquainted

You were first...Innate
Desire
Lead....Protect
Create
Inspire

Save...us....all.....Persistent
Burden
Weighty call
..............................too distant
Pardon

Darkness threads our weave
my brother
Broken-tied to grief
my father
Soak it with your sleeve
my lover

Savior
Brother
Sister
Mother

Here we flee
..our revolutions
Cowardly
..circumlocutions
Of redemption....--all for nothing
Comfort
Pleasure
Sleep-sweet
soothing

(Cursed, I never tried
..to own it.)
Cursed and
..........................Crucified
Atone it--Firstborn, make your love
..................to pierce...We
crave your bloody,
................messy,
..................................mercy.