The Weight
The land
Because of our cruelty
Because of the martyrs of insolence
Because of the children tortured, abused Because of the old ones abandoned,
exposed Because of the massacres, dreadful slaughters Because of
indifference to love and faith
Will be wiped away clean
Will be cleansed and scoured
We are all as one and none are divided
Only the martyrs of God can save
By the offering up of their agonies
Given for us in the mercy of Christ
For I saw how the ripples of evil spread out From older to younger, to sons
and daughters Greater to lesser to child in the womb
Only the crucified God alone
Can bear up the weight of the suffering world And carry it bleeding, cross
and man
Pavel
July 24, 2011
