At every turn of his incarnate life
from his conceiving to the Easter tomb
he bore the crushing yoke of earthly woe –
dismissing it as “light” – and knew the scorch
of urgent conflict with the Evil One
until – like carbon crushed and furnace-fired
that forms the diamond, lovely to behold –
the Son now lives as God's betrothal stone
and Banquet invitation to his own.
16 May 2013
© The Revd James M McPherson
Maryborough Qld 4650