Easter Poem

I don't know why it took me so long to post this.  It is an expression of my joy in Jesus Christ's new life, and with it, hope for my own.


Easter Poem – Lee A Buckingham, April 4th, 2010

What joy bursts forth,
    my heart wide open.
The warm sun burning through
    the layers of fear and despair

What hope rises within,
    my chest swells with a new breath of life,
clean and pure, rest for my heart,
    invigorating my tired soul.

What loves pours over me!
    Fresh water washing away my sin.
Splashing in the waves, free and new,
    the old is gone, washed clean for my Lord.
I rise, a glistening, new, creation.

What fire blazes in His eyes
    White as lightning,
    casting out the shades and shadows,
bright as the morning's light shining new.
    The night is over.

My Savior lives,
    my King, my Love, redeems me
    awakens me,
    accepts me.
Chains are gone, now I live,
    because
my Saviour lives!