3 Times Grace - Good Friday

3 days in the grave.

3 days grace.

Jesus took the penalties

and put forgiveness in their place.

 

One

Barabbas, was the first to know,

how it felt to be freed

by the Christ who took his guilty place

on a cruel Roman tree.

Two

Next were the criminals,

one on either side,

also under sentence

and sure to die -

one calls out for mercy

and is promised

paradise.

Three

Third were the soldiers

and the crowds

cruel cries,

forgiven without asking

by the man they crucified.

 

3 days in the grave.

3 times grace.

Jesus took the penalties

and gave forgiveness in their place.



Islands - spring

those places

in the spaces of a week

when all of the

waves and storms cease;

whose harbor

holds a blessed peace;

whether it's an evening

or an afternoon

find an island in the sea

of "shoulds".

Winter's Lady - winter

She's an elegant lady

with all her lace

forming the doilies

to cover earth's face.

Whisking the surface

(while not soiling her hem)

she brightens every

space she fills in.

The antecedent of cousin rain

who grinds in the ground

with her pounding refrain:

her touch, so light,

glides downward with ease

as you sit in her presence

she brings pleasantries

all the while

charming the scenery

into her bridal,

formal white -

she's an elegant lady

and the winter's delight!