Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD FRIDAY, by CATHERINE F. MANNING


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GOOD FRIDAY, by                    
First Line: Today he dies, and dies once more in vain
Last Line: "unechoed, while their lips say, ""we believe""."
Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Sonnet (as Literary Form)


Today He dies, and dies once more in vain,
For Kindness, Peace and Love are dreaming still,
And selfish War and Hate and cruel Will
With scourge and crown are mocking Him again.
We preach His selfless peace, yet feel no pain
When burning wars scorch lives and minds. We fill
Our eager palms with gold's desire until
Our very souls are bartered for greed's gain.

More shamefully the humble Victim dies
Than our too-human thinking can perceive
Unheeded, friendless, yes, but deeper lies
This shame to God: His own deceive -- and grieve
Him. They but stand aside and hear His cries
Unechoed, while their lips say, "we believe".





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