first friday of eastertide

“‘Where, O death, is your

      victory?

Where, O death, is your

      sting?’”  1 Corinthians 15:50

walking out of

the tomb, you lean

down to suck the

poison of death out

of where it has bitten us, so

together we can walk

hand in hand leaving

that last enemy lying

in the dust

© 2020 Thom M. Shuman