The Shadow of Golgotha

Our lord beaten and bloody Must die like a criminal To add insult upon injury Atop his tousled curls Was set a thorny crown Pressed into his scalp He carried his cross Upon his bloodied back Through narrow streets To the baying of the crowds Then onto the hill of Calvary Where the prince of peace Was nailed to his cross of pain And dealt the final blow His side pierced by a spear His earthly life ebbing away Through the open wound He called out to God But not for vengeance He asked that they be forgiven And his cross of pain Cast a Holy shadow Across the world That reached every corner But the shadow cast Was not one of darkness But one of light A divine light The light of love Which still shines today For it is the eternal light of God