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| Heinrich Hofman, Christ at 33 (1889) |
This original poem invites both a reflection on and a remembrance of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth during a time of turbulence when all human values have been hurled to the elements.
The music that accompanies this piece was composed and performed by Nico Di Stefano
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The Poem
Son of the Son
A Song of Easter
We did not know that blood could shine through thorns
That air could erupt in rays and points of light,
Forms of fine flame appearing and then vanishing around you
Son of the Sun, Son of Man
You show your face again and again
In these days of passion, compassion and
pain
These days of fire and storm and shame
To all who would call you by your name.
In forest on sea and in desert dry
You walked and waited and then turned
around.
Those who heard your story, who saw your
glory
Will never lose sight of your many faces,
In trance and wonder, in crystalline
graces.
Perfect pearl reflects and refracts
In changing hues in reds and blues
The places and faces now fixed in time.
Within this sphere of earth sublime
The stories untold, in silver and gold,
The present and past, the first and the
last.
Now the stone rolled over to close the
wound
Of an earth long seeded with blood and
grief
Restored in love renewed in light
With a thief to the left and a thief to the
right
With blood run thin with day become night.
To you who once were who are and will be
To you who were emptied of blood and of
water
Remember the land and the sky and the sea
And strengthen and comfort the sons and the
daughters
Yet to return to our great mother Earth
To restore and renew and to bring to new birth.
