Mary Magdalene: Gone

John 20:1-18

Gone
are my hopes:
nailed to the cross.
Gone
are my dreams:
drowned in blood.
So much I gave -
for nothing?
Gone
is my Lord
and what I thought he was.

An empty grave.

Gone
my hope of a last goodbye.
Gone
the chance of one last look
at your so loving face.
Gone -
where have they taken you?
Gone -
what am I to do now?

"Woman,
why are you weeping?
Whom are you seeking?"

Gone
are my hopes:
nailed to the cross.
Gone
are my dreams:
drowned in blod.

"Mary."
At last
my eyes can see!
"Rabboni!"

Here
is no good-bye
but a new beginning.
Here
I see you for who you are.
Here -
for you are risen again.
Here -
and you make all things new!

Gone
are my sins:
nailed to the cross.
Gone
are my failings:
drowned in your blood.
So much you gave -
for you, may I live.
Here
are you Lord
and you always will be.

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[Easter 2011]

Picture by Rembrandt