XXII
THE PIERCED SIDE

Here is the mouth which the spear opened           John 19:34.
so you might speak of your passion with blood;
the other was closed. Longinus was so blind
that he did not see: he stabbed you in the side
so that the blood flowed out, and it ran
down the shaft until both of his hands
were coated with it; he raised them
and covered his face; he opened his eyes,
he looked around, he believed in You and was saved.

This ruby was a vein of fire that warmed           Ezekiel 1:27.
the amber of your breast until it ignited
the fire of your passion; a breath of air,
a fountain where the soul who is lost in the
desert can quench its thirst for God           Psalm 41:3.
a shower of Love from the living God
that can soften even the hardest heart.