CROWN

CROWN

The Sacrament – most sacred hour –
Remembrance of His love –
His sacrifice – His holy deeds –
His work below – above.

For laurel He was given thorn –
For throne, a brutal tree –
For champion’s march, a cruel parade –
For fame, indignity.

Yet He gave us the oil of joy
For mortal misery –
A garment of unblemished praise
For grief’s soliloquy.

His agony Gethsemanied –
His anguish Calvaried –
His victory, the Garden Tomb –
His triumph, pris’ners freed.

(16 August 2009, Pleasant Grove, Utah)