Calvary Cross

Calvary Cross

The time has come and I must leave
Force my burden up the hill
The crowd unsure: I start, I stop
Drag my cross by force of will

Last resting place in blazing sun
From Pilate’s hands I’m washed away
Not any crime did I commit
The Law demanding the last say

In turn the soldiers hold me fast
Each nail tears sinews, ripping in
A throbbing crimson fills my eyes
I cannot think: I bear no sin

The ropes pulled rough. I’m hanging stiff
The midday sun fills up the sky
The heat. The pain my weight it brings
I told the truth and I must die

Watch after Mother Mary, friend
I Convulse in violent agony
Swollen veins and throbbing pulse
A Crown of thorns for infamy

Both my companions call to me
If I’m of God to save myself
I am of God but also man
That knowledge is my only wealth

And still the torment: end won’t come
The crowd stand waiting patiently
On searing knives my nerves cry out
Oh Father why have you forsaken me?

At last I feel the pains relief
I see I’m slipping from this world
My eyelids shut round rolls head sweat
My broken body sagging, curled

Vinegar wine; I raise my head
All is slipping as I bow
A last look up at Heaven’s Gate
Father take my spirit now

Black thunder rolls, blue sky turns pitch
A thousand choral sweet refrains
I’m lifted up on unseen wings
Into the light and home again

The pouring rain: the storm clouds chase
Away all those who stood and stared
Now silence mixed with water falls
Soaking those few friends who cared

Three days will pass twixt death and life
Before I return: for some to see
That I have risen conquered death
I’ll show you in Gethsemane