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.
2 comments:
A masterpiece as always. You REALLY need to try to get published. It's no longer an option. :)
Holly, this is beautiful and amazing. I'm with my husband on this one. you should bundle some of your poems together into a book and send it off so others can enjoy them as much as we do.
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