Mostly I saw it coming:
the suicidal thoughts in the garden,
the affectionate betrayal of a best friend,
the whipping, the mocking,
the exhausting trudge through the gauntlet of spittle,
the thorns, the nails, the spear,
absolute abandonment,
that cold slab in the endless, empty dark.
Yes, I expected all of that. 

But this…
this caught me off guard:
Resurrection!

Just when you think it's over, 
turns out our work has just begun...

Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.