A bloody sight beneath a blackened sky; a rattled breath before a final sigh
So twisted and so broken to the eye, the man whom all men cried to crucify
“King of the Jews” the placard read above, a king bereft of subjects, rule and love
A thorny wire pressed deeply with a shove where Holy Spirit rested like a dove
Blood moon arose to see an empty shell, skin growing pale as scarlet droplets fell
Weeping and crying bid a last farewell; the stone denying entry to his cell
This awful death was called his victory, the murdered God-man hanging from a tree
Though so obscene, accepted willingly, enduring punishment due unto me
Somehow this brutal death declared our worth, hope from the grave gave life to stillborn birth
This day of hate and pain that swallowed mirth, the day of new beginning on the earth
The day of new beginning on the earth
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