The Wound Of Jesus Is Still Open Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

What kind of
finger is that,
the index finger
in the wound?

In the picture
the wound
just looks nice.
Not at all like
a wound.

Incidentally,
Jesus looks
real too.
Baroque ideal of beauty.

How many days
ago did a soldier
stab Jesus in the side?

Was it not only 10 days ago?
Did not he die on the cross?

But the wound
he paints does not
heal, it doesn't
hurt either.
it is just open.

(Graphic: Susan Szalewski saved
to devotion, Michael Angelo, Pinterest)