He Has Risen

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’

Matthew 28:6-7

Today

I visited the place where my loss once lay,

Yet the tomb of my trauma was empty.

Where death should have been

Where I know it once was,

There was no death to see.

 

The voice of the angel

Startled me,

Jolted me out of my confused reverie,

Your loss has risen

From the dead,

Your Lord has gone ahead.

 

Now you rise,

Wipe those tears from your eyes,

Hope again,

Run again,

Go and tell,

Shout and yell,

He has risen indeed!

 

I went, I ran, I told everyone,

And then I saw Him there.

He went ahead,

He is not dead,

He has risen indeed!

 

@audreycfrank

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