LAST WORD, CAME NEW by Mide Benedict

And he survived not becausehe couldhuman he was toomade in form of fleshy toolto know, to feel, to see

Dumped with a kiss

by the one he loved

led to the wood

by the ones, be saved

ripped off and stripped

Naked his body was

showered upon him was

spittle! pain not little!

burden dropped upon his shoulder

weak he was, but strong

not that which dwelt in the body

but that burdened by love

And he survived not because

he could

human he was too

made in form of fleshy tool

to know, to feel, to see

to recognise, to be part, to behold

the challenges of man- so he could bare

the doom man was then sure to share

and it dropped from his body, BLOOD OF REDEMPTION

just like man made to bow for his own pain

Upon that wood of sin

he still blessed, cured and saved; still gave peace

Yes! Still loved, upon the cross still loved

And taught what forgiveness was

He forgave man and forbade

the domination of Sin upon the face of the earth

Upon the cross

the last word dropped

the last word that made

our new word come.

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