And the earth stood still with baited breath
this face of mankinds torture,
the burden of eternal life weighed heavy
flushed with pain, this one last chance.
With such deep sorrow He carried
the sins of so many generations,
those gone before and those to come
and the sky darkened in anguish.
For there was no sun that could light this day
no angels that could keep,
He was alone in suffering
bent in acceptance of crucial humiliation.
In final degradation
His tears flowed with the grief,
succumbing to His Father's keeping
and His Will was done...







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