A-Poem-a-Day
Until Resurrection Day
BEHOLD THE MAN
Good Friday, 2009
There’s an archway in
Jerusalem, engraved with the words, “Ecce Homo,” which represents the place
where Pontius Pilate paraded Jesus, bloody and bedraggled, before the hostile
crowd, and exclaimed, “Behold the Man!”
I. Behold Him:
The King of
all kings, downcast
among those, He came to save
wearing a
robe, stained crimson
crowned with twisted
thorns
clenching a
brittle reed—
His royal scepter
in His royal
right hand
as Blood
trickles
down His brow
spittle
drips
down His chin
His eyes
are puffed
and dazed
His strength,
gone
He stands
amid those He
loves
mocked, scourged,
silent
silent as a docile
lamb
He
is the Docile Lamb
The multitude
cry
out in unison
Crucify Him!
Soldiers lead
Him
stumbling and
falling
to the crucifixion
site
the ominous Place
of the Skull—
They pound sharp
nails
through cringing
flesh
and post the
charge
above His thorn-crowned
head
further mocking
Him
with Truth—
This is Jesus
the King of the Jews
II. Behold
Him
In the
fullness of time
This Once
Mocked King will return
crowned with beauty
and majesty
to reign—
hallowed with
Hallelujahs
and Hosannas
Multitudes will
gaze
with wondrous
awe
upon the Risen
One
the One they pierced,
returned
A
multitude of knees
will
kneel on the ground
as countless tongues
proclaim
with
resounding adoration:
Jesus
is Lord!
and this once
ridiculed, bedraggled
crucified Savior
King
will
be hailed in Heaven and on Earth
by
men and angels
as Our King
of all kings forever—
and ever and
ever
with
Alleluias earnest
…at
last!
Maude Carolan
Pych
"Behold the Lamb...poetically!"
My book is available online
at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
www.maudecarolanpych.net
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