There came the night
The friend betrays
His own lose light
Before the day’s
Desert and flee
Peter denies
Jesus no plea
To Pilate’s surprise
Easter Friday
Christ in the mud
Blackened midday
Red with his blood
Why call it good
Dark noon skies
Cries out loud
As King he dies
The curtain rips
The earth it shakes
Rocks they split
And tombs they break
The guards who saw
Aghast they stood
“Surely this was
The Son of God”
Pilate he gives
The body awayed
Joseph’s new tomb
It hurriedly laid
Sealing the stone
The very next day
Left not alone
Guards posted to stay
Then came the night
Of Saturday
The Passover flight
The Sabbath Day
In darkness they rise
Then comes the light
Of Sunday morning
The women’s fright
The earth it shakes
The stone roles away
The women they quake
“Where does it lay?”
Two standing bright
And answering clear
They bow at the sight
“He is not here”
Rising Sunday
Like a flood
“Risen” they say
Ascending above
“Just as he told us”
The Women they run
Suddenly Jesus
They see and are stunned
Falling down low
And clasping his feet
A greeting, then “Go!
In Galilee we meet”
It happened one way
And others too
Appearing, not to stay
And not just to a few
Six hear Peter say
“I’m going out to fish”
But the night slipped away
Empty boat with a wish
Early in the morn
A man stood on the shore
“Cast out once more”
Seven disciples unsure
Wind on the water
Fish fill the net
Coals on the beach
Peter gets wet
Finding a fire
A feast made ready
They know it’s the Lord
A miracle of plenty
Together, eating
Touching flesh and bone
Talking, laughing
Hearts turning from stone
They see him again!
Their hearts full of glee
In the daylight plain
By the Sea of Galilee
