entranced

sometimes i find myself

frozen at the mouth of the

empty tomb staring into the

darkness with the sound

of a pounded spike

tearing through flesh and

cartilage crushing bone on

its way into the tree

endless echoing in my ears

i stare into the

death space wondering where

you are and why things happen

the way they do

i try to succumb to lay

down my head in

that void but

instead i surrender

my pain for Yours and

when i finally

dis-entrance and turn my

gaze toward the sun You

are there engulfing me and

in fact You always

keep me from being

swallowed whole by death

renewing me in

Your resurrection

i breathe in Your grace

let You hold me close and

i am alive again