Death came in Eden
Life from the place of the skull
Christ’s tree overcomes
Jesus
Easter Haiku 6
The sky became black
One parental bond broken
Ours fixed forever
Easter Haiku 5
Encircled in grief
A twisted nest of anguish
Yet it was a crown
Easter Haiku 4
Silent as a lamb
Mocking crowds hurled their insults
He had the last word
Forgiven Haiku
Sin drips like ink blots
Onto the crisp, white pages
Forever erased
Truth Haiku 3
Break out the cocoon
The old you has died with Christ
Metamorphosis
Jesus
The very being and essence of God
Divinity amongst humanity
The sacred hiding within flesh and bone
You are the light of the world
Refracted into a spectrum we can see
You are His Word, His message
Lived out in perfect demonstration
You are the bridge across the void
The only crossing over the darkness between
You unveil the face of God
You make the Righteous One relatable
In every action and every word
You flood us with new understanding
Let us get that bit closer
Let us comprehend the heart of the Father
You are not a watered down version
Or a cheap imitation
You are the perfect representation
The exact image
The very being and essence of God
The Graveyard
I come to the graveyard
Wandering among the black tombstones
The silence echoes amongst the ancient stones
As I search for my own name
I stare at the etched letters
Chiselled into the cold rock
My dark past lies beneath my feet
Locked in a cage of cold earth
My mind cannot help but wander
To a grave now long lost
A grave that could not hold its captive
Where life burst out like a fountain
I lay down my wreath of thorns
As tears stream down my face
His sacrifice means the old me will always stay dead
And my new life will never end
Fiery Darts
Accusing darts fired relentlessly
A hailstorm of fiery arrows
A flurry of lies that pierce to the heart
A flurry of lies that cut to the bone
Are we resisting this onslaught?
Or are we standing by passively?
Accepting this barrage of baseless guilt
Letting it define our identity
Wake up!
The punishment has already been taken
Our guilt has been transferred
Jesus takes all of our blame
So lift up your shield of faith
And bat every lie away
Never forget what Christ has done
Never let guilt from the past define you
Coat Tails of Hope
I cling to the coat-tails of Hope
If only I could just touch
Just brush the hem of His garment
I would be healed
I have clung onto so many things
My pride, my self-image
I would not yield control of my life
But everything you hold on to
Eventually you lose
It was only when I let go
Of the lies I took comfort in
That my hands
So long stained with mud
Could finally be cleaned
Now as I hold on to Him
He holds on to me
And lifts me out of the pit
