Untitled Poem (Chicago Art Institue)

The Crucifixion (Francisco de Zurbarán, 1627)

Head wilted against his chest

Arms dangling below the frame

Leaning against the pole of death—

It was pitch black,

He was dangling, hung in pitch dark

The God of Light,

Shrouded by darkness.

Oppressed, stifled by

Disgust of sin

Abandonment

Forsaken by His Father,

United with all the disgust, filth

He never should have touched.

Lonely,

Abandoned,

Suffocated,

Grieved—

Heartbroken in His unity with all the world's crushing grief.

He was not spared.

Love led Him there,

And this love suffers with me still.