the offspring of love and repentance is redemption
who is born in mystery,
yet lives on
through faith
vibrant,
kinetic faith

we are all born once of the flesh
we all die once of the flesh

and so, in the ultimate case
of redemption
we come to
resurrection as
the passage-way
to realizing
the pinnacle of
all hopes
.
.
.
          eternal love
                  in relationship
.
.
.
as long as people
have been capable
of abstract thought
as long as allegory has
been discerned from nature
.
.
.
life after death has been
demonstrated in all creation

some faiths speak of
reincarnation
some of
enlightenment
some of
pantheistic oneness
with the all

but
what of love?
where is relationship?
what happens to
real, live presence?
why no longer dwell together?

give me resurrection
give me dwelling in the house of the Lord
you can have all the rest