Su Ben Poet Free verse

For Whom Did You

Who arrested and tied you up,
and dragged you on the ground? It was I, it was I

Who denied you, denounced you,
and lashed to cut your flesh away? It was I, it was I

Who put a crown of thorns on your head,
kicked and smacked you, and forced you to crawl 
on the steep hill with a cross on your back? It was I, it was I

Who shoved you from behind, tore your heart up,
and drove the rusty spikes into your hands? It was I, it was I

Who mocked you, spit at you, and caused 
burning tears to well up in your eyes? It was I, it was I

Why, when you cried, and called the Father vainly,
and died with blood coughing up on the cross? It was for the sin 
I committed, it was for the sin I committed. And in this very moment, 
you stretch your arms from the cross and hold my trembling hands

A rooster crows in the dark, 
the wall by the holy temple collapses, the raging water is calmed.

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