Poem based on Matthew 28:1-10 Easter

Watching from the margins

From the dark edges of the world

As the representatives of power

Guard the rock

Not letting anything happen by chance

Lest the people

In hope

Longing for something better

In the darkness of the morning

Know hope…

The earth rattles

The stones roll

The guards freeze

And hope is born

Watching from the margins they see it

Mary and Mary

Still and silent

They see the open tomb

They see the angel appear

They see the Messiah raised

They see the future of a universe

That has never been

And can never

Return

To what was.

Mary and Mary

You and I

Don’t freeze

Don’t hold on

Don’t stand still…

Run and tell…

And the church is born

To Run and tell.