Dawn Breaks

Dawn Breaks:

A Passion Poem

Part 1:

Night falls for the darkest Sabbath we've ever known

the echo of "Crucify" rings in our ears

for so long we looked for the King... waiting... waiting...

lame walk, blind see, dead live

we felt sure Messiah had finally come...

then the cross...

He's gone.

His teaching rang with power like we'd never heard

He dared to call himself the Son

He called us sons too... amazing... unbelievable...

and yet we saw his compassion

mercy and truth all woven through

He wanted our hearts...

but now he's gone.

His words had been too good to be true

promises of dignity, peace, and life

And yet we walked with him... knew him... believed...

we caught a glimpse of a better kingdom

Light, Love, Living Water

we dared to hope...

but now he's gone.

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Part 2:

The darkness is a fitting cloak for our souls

as we walk toward the garden

The wind is still... waiting... waiting...

we whisper in the stillness

as we try to gather the shards of hope...

try to understand...

He's gone.

We feel the weight of the stone in our hearts

as we wonder how we will enter the tomb

we've heard there are guards... waiting... waiting...

Will they turn us away?

The spices waft up to burn our noses...

one last dignity...

He's gone.

We reach the garden where the tomb waits

The sun peeks over the horizonn

Where are the guards? Who moved the stone?

We've never seen angels before

"Why do you seek the living among the dead?"

hope swells... dawn breaks

He's alive!

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise." And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Luke 24:1-9