Authority and Triumph

authority and triumph
look different this week

strength and power
emanate from a gun barrel,
from schoolyard-bully-intimidation
where those who have
withhold from those who need
manipulating relationship

authority and triumph
look different this week

pain and death
we suppose to be for the enemy;
yet our victor
suffers
and, guilty in our eyes
(crucify him, we shout),
dies a criminal(s) death

authority and triumph
look different this week

the vindictive sense we
make of the world
is upended ~ strength, now
made complete through weakness
death now conquered by
new life

authority and triumph
look different this week

behold, in death
G-d is making all things new