Darkest Night, Morning Lights
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Darkest Night, Morning Lights
By Mark D. Stucky
Darkness descends
upon the rocky land,
and fills a tomb
of a slaughtered Lamb.
With that unmerited death,
everything seems lost,
and hope seeps away
into stone cracks.
Trembling tears and fears
consume devastated disciples,
scattered about Jerusalem
and hiding in shadows.
Until the appointed time
this Sunday morning,
when light bursts forth,
vanquishing darkness
above and from an empty tomb.
Two ascending lights this morning,
risen sun
and Risen Son.
(First published in Agape Review, 17 April 2022. See also my poems "Resurrection iBodies," "The God Behind the Curtain," and "Gilded Crosses?")
(Image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay.com.)
Copyright © Mark Stucky | Year Posted 2024
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