Poetry list, Easter
An Easter Villanelle
The sound of silence sings on Easter Day!
Love dawns anew to end our human night –
Death’s triumph does not have the final say.
Our fears and swagger make it hard to pray,
God’s voice of love is drowned by selfish might;
The sound of silence sings on Easter Day!
Th’eternal Word has walked with feet of clay
To meet and touch us even though we fight;
Death’s triumph does not have the final say.
The cross’s nails were hammered in to slay
The lamb of God who shares our mortal plight:
The sound of silence sings on Easter Day!
Noon’s blackened sky and borrowed tomb made way
For dazzling light – eternal day so bright –
Death’s triumph does not have the final say.
The grave is blessed and now has lost its prey
As loss and tears and pain are put to flight;
The sound of silence sings on Easter Day!
Death’s triumph does not have the final say.
© Neil Thompson 2023