Easter Couplets
Easter, 2024
The devil danced and thought he won,
God sighed and laughed, then sent the Son.
The flicker of the devil then,
Extinguished by the great Amen.
The saints who suffer gain delight
Not only in the day but night.
The night is bright as summer day.
The hatchet of the devil may
Sting but short it’s bloody force,
For Jesus comes on his white horse.
He holds a man in downward slope
So he might know the Living Hope.
How happy are his saints in pain;
Affliction works to make them gain.
In pain and trial, his promise sure,
Affliction makes his saints more pure.
When devil smirks and bites again
God gives them faith and claims the win.
Adrift, some men have closed their eyes,
And sleep as though it is the night
They think they’re prepped for final sun
But Son of sons with greeting none
"I know you not, though works you did
To drink of my life, I forbid."
The devil takes his part, and flees
Like air before a sickened wheeze
The hatchet, chop, and blood appear
To be the end but oh not near
Is death. The slice is but the key
Of heavens gate, eternity.
The saints who never thirst again
Know thirst as blinks from what has been.
—joey shaw