Christ Falls for the First Time
Step by step Along this brutal pathEach step
Nearer death
Wood scraping
Taunts flung
Bile and hatred
Directed at the Christ
Step by step
Along this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death
Head crowned as Thorns bite
Back screams as fresh whip furrows sap strength
Head swimming
Knees caving
Darkness growing
Floor coming up fast
Nerves playing a symphonic cacophony of searing submerging pain
Every inch of this fragile form failing, falling
As the cross crashes down to crush it’s carrier
Blackness.
A silver tongued devil whispers,
“Stay down. You’re done here.
Nothing more to prove, nothing more to achieve.
Let discretion be the better part of valour,
Admit defeat and stay down.
The pain will be over sooner that way,
You can find rest.
You can be at peace.
This body of yours has taken enough,
Just stay down…”
Voices shouting.
Reality drifting back into focus.
Hands grabbing shoulders
Feet being put back on the floor
Cross back on shoulder.
Step by step
Along this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death
Christ Falls for the Second Time
Step by step
Along this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death
Mouths spitting
Soldiers kicking
Hatred flowing
Pain growing.
Head spinning
Eyes dimming
Floor rising
As cross crashes, crushing it carrier.
Blackness
A silver tongued devil speaks.
“Just one word from you and this is all over.
You’re gone, you’re elsewhere.
Angels assisting enlisted to carry their King.
These idiots don’t see you like I see you
They don’t know your true worth.
Your true value.
Acknowledge my wisdom and I will give you authority over them.
They will see their king, they will bow down and pay their dues.
You don’t need to walk another step.
There’s a better way than this, an easier way.
Just say the word and I can save you all this pain and anguish.
They’ll all get what they deserve, its only right.
You’ll be free, just bow down to me.”
Decision made.
Feet planted.
Pushing up out of blackness.
The pain brings the world back into sharp focus.
Crowd close in
Step by step
Along this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death.
Christ Falls for the Third Time
Step by stepAlong this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death
Blows rain down
From Soldiers keen to pick up the pace
A punch lands square in Jesus’ Face
Head swimming
Street spinning
Floor flying up
Head hitting stone
Cross crashing down, crushing its carrier
Blackness
The silver tongued devil speaks.
Is it really worth it?
All this suffering?
All this pain and anguish?
End it, call it off.
What are you really going to achieve?
Hours of agony, for what?
To prove some kind of love?
To tell people who don’t care that you love them about your love for them?
Just let them reject you.
They’re unworthy.
They’re unaware of who you really are.
If they can’t recognise you now, they never will.
I see it as it really is.
Just accept me.
Just recognise me.
And all this pain can be over.
You can be king over all of these pointless people.
You could be Lord in the temple
You could be the great King that David never was.
The King that David never could be, because David never had me behind him
David never had me backing him.
I would support you, if you would bend your knee.
I could end this torment, this torture.
I could raise you up and make them worship you.
We could turn the tables and you could torture them.
“ENOUGH”
The true king exercises his rights.
“BE SILENT”
Jesus speaks,
“Shema yisrael”
“‘Hear O Israel,
The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
You will love the Lord your God
With all your heart
With all your Soul
With all your Strength’
Get behind me Satan
Your silver tongue weaves a web of lies
Your deceit is hollow and empty
You know NOTHING of the WORD of the LORD.
But I was with God in the beginning”
With that, the Serpent’s head is crushed.
Noise growing
Light spreading
Hands pushing
Knees scraping
Feet finding
Cross lifting
Step by step
Along this brutal path
Each step
Nearer death
