Wednesday, August 22, 2018

For This One Purpose

(one from the archives)


For this one purpose fell the seed;
For this one purpose fell the rain.
(The soil was yielding-soft that clasped
The tree-to-be, the buried grain)

For this one purpose grew the tree
On some far, bare Judean hill.
For this one purpose came the axe
And every stroke the Father’s will.

For this one purpose planks were planed
From the straight trunk; fixed crossbeam-wise.
The apparatus was raised up
A stark, black cross against the skies.

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