Where‘er he walked he was despised:

we shook our heads, we rolled our eyes.

Rejected one who dares to call

himself the truth and us the thrall

in dungeons dark and full of lies—

this is why you bore the sores!

you wore the sins no man endures

–

(and only God Himself can rise).

–

–

–

Photo by Mustafa akın on Unsplash