I am probably going to be posting quite often at present since I have a copious supply of posting material. I'm sure it will dwindle later though.
This poem is a little late for Easter season, but I hope you will still enjoy it.
The Passion
Mr. Gibson told a tale
Of nails and wails and bloody trails.
So few have managed what he's done:
To tell the death of God's own Son.
I cannot tell what he has told,
How Christ, for twelve dark coins was sold.
How he was beaten till he bled
Bright, black, red pain: our life and bread.
How he, a craftsman, suffered fools
Who knew not how to use his tools,
Thinking nails must go through feet
'Ere wood the hammer moves to meet.
How he was shredded like a veil
That vibrates in a raging gale.
How he was lowered to a place
Of torment and devoid of grace,
And cast into a musty hole
Whence victory from death he stole.
For images speak stronger verse
Of pain and death and evil curse.
My thanks to him who helped me see
This death as a reality,
While others through his story grim
Have found eternal life in Him.
I really like this one!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Adam... that is amazing! Wow... SO GOOD! It really gives you a visual of how it was, really sad, but still really good!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments! If there was anything you didn't like, let me know that as well so I can get better.
ReplyDelete:) Well one of the parts I'm confused on is "Bright, black, red pain: our life and bread. What exactly does that mean? I mean I like how you used bright, black, and red to describe pain but i don't get why it has a colon to our life and bread.
ReplyDeleteWe often say that we are saved "through Christ's blood." This is essentially a metaphor for Christ's death (his physical blood doesn't actually spiritually save us.) So I used pain instead as a metaphor, because it was more vivid. So Jesus' suffering and death is the source of life, and since he is the bread of life, our metaphoric bread and sustenance. I'm just restating 'pain' as 'life and 'bread,' so maybe a comma would have worked better with the appositive. Anyway, that was the idea.
ReplyDeleteOk, cool :) Thanks for explaining..
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