Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.217.248.216
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
In the garden, The Christ did pray For strength ardent to bear pain's stay. Gethsemane, the Master kneels To ask to be with fond appeal. His close aides lie in heavy sleep; The Christ now cries in pain so deep. The soldiers come to seize the king; Judas now sums betrayal fling. A kiss laid sound to tell on him; Jesus is bound with scornful whim. Then off they go to a mock trial; Conspire to show with sure denial. From high priest to Pontius Pilate; An impromptu in vile charade. Death sentence flawed in power play As Roman law primes unjust stay. Scourged to appease the crowd's frenzy; The Christ was seized with mad cruelty. Thirty lashes upon the flesh; A mocking clash of bloodied mesh. Crowned with thorns plucked from marine haunts; Pierced mortal tucked with painful taunts. Then the mocked king is forced to walk; Heavy cross stings the burdened stalk. The route is long with steps uphill; The Christ bears strong with humble will. Three times He falls, and feels the whip; Cruel soldiers all who torments heap. On and on He bears the wood cross To death's alley, to sure recourse. Along the way, The Christ meets those Who did display the pains and ghost. Golgotha's space, nails are driven, The cross is raised in cruel action. The Son of Man prays for mankind, To save the damned that evil signs. Two thousand years have come and gone; The Christ did peer to times forgone. Good Friday psalm to each and all, We must not harm but heed love's call. Love frames a law: "Who harms, must heal." -- Law without flaw, it's heaven's will. The way ahead is beyond hate; Let love break bread as grace now plates. The Living Christ offers to each Love's fine reprise: Love each to each. The message comes to one and all; Love is the sum of love that calls. Go deeper still to know and see: The Christ that wills love and beauty. Grace sets you free to know your place, To simply be love's happy face. Heed this story just to be clear; Join the lovely way to love's cheer. Follow your heart and it will show The steady art that true love knows! Let love bring light to live and learn; Let peace bring sight for grace soothes yearn. Leon Enriquez 18 Apr 2014, (on Good Friday) Singapore
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required