Notes About The Poem

I wrote this as a nod to the beautiful picture God created in the body of a woman. The process of menstruation, the breaking of the virginal hyman, giving birth, all processes that bring life, and paint a picture of the cross. The shedding of blood to bring eternal life!

When Jesus died, the veil that separated the holy of holies, the dwelling place of God in the temple, was torn from top to bottom. This signified the beginning of grace, that we can now go boldly to the throne of God if we are covered by the blood of Christ(figuratively) which paid our sin debt.

A beautiful picture of this is the tearing of the hyman, which bleeds, when a virgin first has intercourse. Without the removal of which, life cannot be planted in the womb.

Mark 15:37-38 KJV And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave u up the ghost. [38] And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

John 6:53-54 KJV Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. [54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Matthew 26:28-29 KJV For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

I Bleed


I bleed
Dark crimson drops
Dripping into water
Sounds like, 
“Wo-man, 
        wo-man, 
               wo-man.”

I bleed
Pain, pain
Irrigating the soil
Of my now fertile womb
Seeds planted
Growing into life
I bleed
Only blood prepares 
Where life begins
Blood for life

I bleed
Blush rose, Just a drop
Pain, Pain
To tear the veil
To open the way
The seed to plant
Sounds like,
“Wi-fe,
        Wi-fe,
                Wi-fe.”

I bleed
Deep scarlet waterfalls
The river he rides
Into this bloody world
Pain, Pain
Sounds like, 
“Mo-ther, 
             Mo-ther,
                        Mo-ther.”
I bleed
The woman's war
Death holds my hand
As I scream
I bleed
Only blood can
 bring new life

I bleed
Bottomless red fountains
Poured out on the ground
Pain, Pain
Sounds like, 
“Sav-ior!
         Sav-ior!
                 Sav-ior!”
I bleed
Each drop shed for you
From brow, limbs, and side
To give eternal life

To rip the veil
To open the way
To the most Holy
Only blood can bring life
Only my blood will do, 
so, 
I bleed

biblebirthfaithjesusmotherfree verse

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