Because he is risen
Spring is possible
In all the cold hard places
Gripped by winter
And freedom jumps the queue
To take fear’s place
as our focus
Because he is risen
Because he is risen
My future is an epic novel
Where once it was a mere short story
My contract on life is renewed
in perpetuity
My options are open-ended
My travel plans are cosmic
Because he is risen
Because he is risen
Healing is on order and assured
And every disability will bow
Before the endless dance of his ability
And my grave too will open
When my life is restored
For this frail and fragile body
Will not be the final word
on my condition
Because he is risen
Because he is risen
Hunger will go begging in the streets
For want of a home
And selfishness will have a shortened shelf-life
And we will throng to the funeral of famine
And dance on the callous grave of war
And poverty will be history
In our history
Because he is risen
And because he is risen
A fire burns in my bones
And my eyes see possibilities
And my heart hears hope
Like a whisper on the wind
And the song that rises in me
Will not be silenced
As life disrupts
This shadowed place of death
Like a butterfly under the skin
And death itself
Runs terrified to hide
Because he is risen
GREAT!!!!
Posted by: marlin | January 26, 2006 at 06:52 AM
wonderful blog
Posted by: l. | January 27, 2006 at 01:26 PM
beautiful poem - you have a way with words.
Peace, Tom
Posted by: thomas | January 28, 2006 at 05:23 PM
beautiful, inspiring,
hope-full
thank you
Posted by: islandsparrow | February 08, 2006 at 01:24 AM
We used this at our Easter morning gathering. Everyone really appreciated it. Thank you, it is great! I love the broad vision it so beautifully portays.
It was a gift to us, thanks.
Posted by: mark | April 20, 2006 at 09:09 AM
I read this as a call to worship at our April 23rd service - leading straight into our first song.
Thanks for offering it for use.
Posted by: Paul | April 23, 2006 at 06:51 PM
Thank you. I read this today - Easter day, at the start of our prayers. I work up with 'because he is risen' going through my mind & remembered the poem & knew I had to read it. Thank you for it.
Posted by: Cathy | April 08, 2007 at 02:57 PM
I stumbled here via another blog - I love this poem... I think I might use it on remembrance sunday. I am going to post it on my blog with a link.
I will now look at other bits of your blog.
Posted by: Danny | October 13, 2007 at 07:53 PM
Discovered this via a couple of bloggers who posted reports of the RUN conference. I identify with the latter parts more than the former. Seems relevant to Zimbabwe where there is such pain and torture. Hope is difficult but writing like this helps to keep it alive.
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