April 11th, 2021

My Prayer-Poem for Sunday 11 April 2021
(Eighth poem for the Easter Octave)
These are the fourth and fifth stanzas of a longer poem about the resurrection.
(Final stanza with the full poem tomorrow..)


Embarrassment has led some
to find a rational way
to flatten and domesticate
the resurrection day;
Some say that Jesus is still dead
but lives and breathes in us
or through his words spoken or seen
on YouTube or a bus.


Others suggest what rose again
was courage in the heart,
a resurrection of purpose
a bursting, brave new start.
But this can never be denied,
disciples down the years     
were martyred shouting “Jesus lives!”
through resurrection tears.


©️Mark Andrew Smith
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