Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEHOLD, MY CROSS WAS GONE, by ALICE MORTENSON


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BEHOLD, MY CROSS WAS GONE, by                    
First Line: The cross I bore seemed heavy
Last Line: Behold: my cross was gone!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


The cross I bore seemed heavy, and
I chafed beneath its weight;
The road ahead seemed hard and long
That led to heaven's gate.
I knelt to weep, when lo, I saw
Ten million crosses rise,
And they who bore them upward gazed
With glad and eager eyes.

And every cross I saw appeared
Much heavier than mine:
"O God," I cried, "how climb they thus
With Countenance a-shine?"
On-up the hill, the crosses went,
Then all emerged in one;
I looked, and saw Him hanging there,
The holy, sinless One!

I bowed my head in sudden shame,
"This greatest cross of all
He bore for me; must I grow faint
Beneath a cross so small?"
And then my risen Lord looked down
And gave my heart a song,
And when I rose to climb the hill--
Behold: my cross was gone!





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