Pain

Pain felt
raw and tender

Pain ignored
boiling and festering

Pain rehearsed
rotting and corrupting

Pain forgiven
decomposing

Pain forgotten
embracing.

His Face

There was no condemnation

I felt no fear

From one end to the other
of eternity he saw
me

As I was
and would be

When I beheld His face.

Words

Words tumble awkwardly across my lips
Carrying meaning

I wait breathlessly
for interpretation, understanding

You look into my eyes
You hear my voice

But who truly sees and knows

Who can discern the depths
Who can be known?

The Divine Imprint

My longing
to receive
Your imprint
on my heart.

Your truth
and righteousness,
emblazed
on my soul.

Your holiness,
your sacrifice
seared
on my mind.

Your submission
your vision
imposed
on my strength.

Atonement

burdens of prayer
failings, impulse response to pain
injury
the throbbing heart

the place of sacrifice, of blood
of awareness
of humility
falling
spilling at the base of the alter

words, uncensored
searing, untamed
reckless
relentless, desperately wicked

holy light
incence, fragrant sacrifice
burning, consuming
rising to heaven