I have been meaning to set up a blog in order to put some of my poems on the web, as some have commented that they are worth sharing...so here is a test attempt, with one of my most recent offerings! Enjoy! First Easter Weeping, betrayal, denial; A culmination, an end – Not the one envisaged through all the talk of saving, reigning, rescuing. Not this. Frail and fragile, agonising weakness. Searing pain from brutal nails. “It is finished,” let out in a gasping cry. Confusion, futility, hopes dashed, Hiding and huddled, not daring to face the dawn, The laughter, the jeers, the “I told you so’s.” Where is your saviour now? Descending dejectedly into the darkest of nights, Clouds obscuring the vision. The hope, previously stirring in hearts who had believed, halted. What of that hope? What of his promises? Of freedom? Deliverance? A coming kingdom? Dejected, demoralised, a dark wall of defeat, Hopelessness takes hold. The curtain of the temple, tearing, Raising questions, sparking...