Poetry list
demolished by a piece of bronze
looking up my
heart broke at
his face where
all time’s agony
was caught
in the moment
and held as
he was dying – the cloth fluttering as he writhed
and stilled betwixt me and you and the Father the
mystery where our futility is revalued in a different
currency and clime
my heart had been
warmed and moved
by this love held
by his mother
so close and
endearingly in
marble and
terracotta but
now that hope
was dashed and
remade in bronze
in the desolation
of death no
thoughts just
feelings mercy
tears donatello’s
genius God’s
amazing grace
© Neil Thompson 2023