Vol 12, Num 12 :: 2013.06.07 — 2013.06.20
Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom,
but we proclaim Christ crucified.1 Cor. 1: 22-23
There is no sign, no wisdom for this dark
where footsteps fall uncertain into certain pain,
no neat instructions for the making of this work
of going down to death, to test again
what lies beyond the dust of human fear—
if there is any presence there to hold
where knowledge fails, and power only hears
itself and leaves its audiences cold
and still alone to face the coming night.
Out of the ash a voice comes close as breath:
Beloved, you and I will find delight
together in this place that reeks of death.
Because my body’s sign hangs on the tree
your passage into life is held in me.
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