~ This Is My Son ~

"Immanuel, behold how He loved them...." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world became silent, and time for a moment stood still Orbs of all creation, suddenly, peering into the distance Frozen and afar, not knowing why, something deep inside.... The perching birds stopped their chirping, the lioness stopped her prowl Dolphins quit their dancing, and the bears awakened, inside their slumbering dens Flowers opened their colorful eyes, and the mountains, bent their ears And all of Rome, for an instant, ceased from her sin All of life, and all of all, all, stood still.... The stars in heaven parted their way, within the firmament As the Angels and those from the kingdom, quietly, looked below Middays moon began to shed a tear, until the sun whispered in her ear "Don't cry dear, for salvation, has come today" She blinked her shimmering shine, smiled, and whistfully stared Then Pluto winked at Saturn, whom handed him her silver orbits ring While 'Gods Holy Light,' stood gloriously upon His throne Torn, but seeing tomorrow, through 'the eternal blood' Of His only begotten Son.... Golgotha His destiny, His purpose which led Him there...."Love" From a child in a manger, a virgin and a carpenters blessing This gift of deliverance, unto the entire world! Battered, bleeding, tortured, unable to recognize Him, anymore 'He,' who healed the sick, restored the sight of the blind Cast out demons, and, raised the dead A crown of thorns embedded, upon His priceless precious head Mocked, and pressed deeply, down.... Blood, dripping from His opened wounds, quenching the thirst Of the dying earth, which He Himself, had made As the offspring of the shadows of such sorrow, snickered and sneered "Save yourself" they taunted, as His chosen mother stood by Flowing tears, flowing as she cried With every striking blow of this aimless hammer, which echoed Beyond all of space and time Throughout the universe, eyes cast down, heads bowed low, silence, all around Lifted into the air, the air of despair, hearts, broken inside Slowly He gazed upon the crowd, with two souls, hanging by His side Their fading lives, "remember me," one of them then said "I tell you, you shall be with Me in paradise today," He replied.... As those whom loved Him, continued to weep, and wipe their tears, away While Angels descended down, upon the now, gathering, and darkened clouds (Continued)