Easter

Hope came

Like the sun streaking across the sky,
Following the cold of one dark night,
Multiplied by the whole of humanity,
Hope came in the sparkling of one eastern light;

That one hope visited mankind,
As the prophecy had foretold,
Hope walked with us collectively,
And the future lost a bit of its cold;

The Lion and the Lamb,
Walked in the form of one man,
The gap betwixt hope and hopeless,
He began to span;

His followers believed the spirit of the man,
As He walked and taught,
He built the foundation of His plan,
Still there was hope to be bought;

As freedom threatened the tyrants,
Popularity turned to oppression,
Ahead, a garden alone in prayer,
Sweat as blood, for the next progression;

The hill of the skull,
Laid waiting for the promise,
A wood cross, and three nails,
Hope taken from all of us;

Hope hung between heaven and earth,
The fury of the skies was rumbling,
In the holy place,
A barrier was crumbling;

Day one, day two, day three,
Hope was dead and in the grave,
But the end of the third,
The stone moved from the cave;

Like the sun streaking across the sky,
Following the cold of one dark night,
Hope finished the battle,
And brought the world marvelous light;

Hope came.

Ron Jr.
March 23, 2003