We too have lost Christ

with Mary, with John
at the foot of the cross
weeping, crying
mourning with them

Crying for his dying
scourged, crucified
dying in our stead
holy is his name

we too have lost Christ
the living Son of God
crying like Mary
at the foot of the cross

Yet joyful in his rising
redeeming us from the lost
still weeping for his dying
because he paid our awful cost


January 9, 2012
John 19:25-27
written at Poet’s Corner,
our monthly poetry group,
immediately after hearing the poem,
“When I see the wood”,
by anonymous, from the 13th or 14th century
Suncook Senior Center
January 9, 2012

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