Pride of the christian heart

 Blackened christ salt and burn marks
I searched for hope within his eyes
It had been beaten out head tilted forward
body hunched in agony

Compounded sadness and resignation
waiting for the further injustice and suffering
The destruction of his light suddenly evidence
that validated the faithless and acccusers

Would you have him teach you
would you have him show you the value of forgiveness
One of us sold the nails
except for the screams all of us silenced him

will he have a voice in you?
In the circus of your heart?
In the absence of your mind?
or will you just recite scripture and pay the tithing