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[aid] => mick
[title] => Naked and Bare
[time] => 2014-01-22 11:55:24
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[bodytext] => There He lay, naked and bear Crown of thorns upon His head Heaven watches; tears ever-flowing Above Him lie a plank that read "King of the Jews." There He lay, naked and bare Priests and scoffers mock Our Dear Soldiers gambling for the last of His torn off clothes From the cross He uttered "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." There He lay, naked and bear Embracing anguish, sin and despair He turns to His Father for comfort and affirmation only to see that His Holy and Just Father turned away. Still determined to speak with His Father, He lifts His head up for one last glance Only to be scorned and smitten by The Father. In His darkest hour He cried out with a loud voice, "Father, Father! Why hast thou forsaken me?" In that hour, fully human, He requests for a drink. Vinegar could not quench the momentary anguish yet eternal sorrow Nor could it diminish the pain that was inflicted on our Shepherd and Messiah Tears fell from His blood-filled eyes, weeping as was never heard before. For seeing and knowing the hour had come for Him the God-Man to submit to death's authority He looked towards His two followers that were present and said "It is finished!" It was about the ninth hour and darkness covered the Heavens and fell upon the earth. He took His final breath and laid His head to rest... The sounds of human nails grinding blood filled wood and ear piercing wailing covered the whole earth As Our Savior, Our Best Friend, Our Shepherd died naked and bare... [comments] => 1 [counter] => 122 [topic] => 11 [informant] => poet17 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => ChristianPoetry )
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