April 24, 2011

Creation, Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection-His Love Endures Forever

Psalm 136
By Allison King

Black
Blank
Light
breaks:
His love endures forever.

Sky
formed
Earth
born:
His love endures forever.

To him alone
who
breathed me, breathed you:
His love endures forever

Sin brings death
God now flesh*:
His love endures forever.

Perfection walks among,
Illustrates Anointed One:
His love endures forever.

Skin breaks
as
Thin steaks
force their way through flesh:
His love endures forever.

He
cries
Then
dies:
His love endures forever.

Black
Blank
Hope
Sank:
His love endures forever.

Days change
Spirit flames
He renames
Death,
Life:
His love endures forever.

 *In more current versions of this poem this line is changed to "God in Flesh" based on the poet's own theological understanding of incarnation developing. However I first heard and fell in love with this poem in it's first "draft" and that is the one I'm posting. Thanks Ace for letting me use it.

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