in response to "Penitent" by Niccolò Frangipane
written summer 2024
Blood drops, teardrops,
Red-rimmed eyeballs;
Pristine visage
Even as He falls;
Thorny crown
Piercing holy flesh;
Rope around neck
Threatening His breath;
Look at the tragedy on His face!
See their actions; what a disgrace!
Does It Not Make You Want To Kneel And Pray?
Sacred plasmid
Going pallid;
Embodied gloom
In crimson costume;
Focus on nothing,
Not worth remembering
The point of His pilgrimage,
The peace He would bring.
He's the son of our deity, omniscience incarnate!
How could these terrorists fail to admit it!
Can Watching A God Die Cause Them No Dismay?
i think of deities largely forgotten:
Žemyna, the earth;
Erbina, the animals;
Medeina, the forest;
Rán, the sea;
Nyx, the nighttime;
Erebus, the darkness;
Selene, the moon;
Asteria, the stars;
Veles of the underworld;
Perun, the thunder;
Bangpūtys, the storm;
Laneana, the flood;
Skuld, debt;
Syn, refusal;
Yarovit, war;
Móði, wrath;
Deimos, fear;
Achlys, sadness;
Phrike, horror;
Achos, distress;
Týr, the hero;
Urðr, fate;
Magni, strength;
Proioxsis, pursuit;
Chernoglav, victory;
Eir, clemency;
Eirene, peace;
Homonia, concord;
Ecne, wisdom;
Ogmios, eloquence;
Eiresione, the olive branch;
Elpis, hope;
Zvezda, the morning star;
Zorya, the dawn;
Áine, the summer;
Gabija, the home;
Erbina, security;
Brigid, protection;
Hesychia, quiet;
Grannus, healing;
Béibhinn, birth;
Zhiva, life;
Frigg, motherhood;
Geras, old age;
Erecura.
death.
well, i say, it seems to me
the coming of your god
has killed many of mine.