THROUGH LACK OF FAITH, HIS FATE WAS SEALED..
THEY YELLED 'CRUCIFY HIM, HE SHOULD BE KILLED'
WITH WHIPS THEY FORGED FROM LEATHER AND STEEL
THEY BROKE HIS FLESH, BUT NEVER HIS WILL
THE CROSS THAT HE CARRIED BORE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
THROUGH THE CURSES, THE SPITTING, AND THE STONES THAT THEY HURLED
THEY MOCKED HIM, DEMEANED HIM, AND CALLED HIM A FRAUD.
'YOU ARE ONLY A MAN, YOU'RE THE SON OF NO GOD! '
THEY PLACED A CROWN MADE OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD
HIS LEGS THEY DID CROSS, HIS ARMS THEY DID SPREAD
THROUGH HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET THEY NAILED HIM TO WOOD
AND THROUGH ALL HIS ORDEAL, HE STILL SAW THEM AS GOOD
UP ON CALVARY HE WAS RAISED HIS CROSS STANDING HIGH
WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE HE JUST LOOKED IN THE SKY
THE LAST WORDS HE WOULD UTTER HE TOOK A BREATH AND HE CRIED
'FORGIVE THEM LORD' THEN HE HUNG HIS HEAD AND HE DIED
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This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem