Easter

In faithless years the growing doubts dismiss
the meaning of my father's father's son-
though greater love hath no man than this.

I betray heart-felt delusion with a Judas kiss
in a comfortless zone of three-score and ten
faithless years when growing doubts dismiss.

For logic dictates redemption is ridiculous:
a sin-obsessed dream from earliest dawn
though greater love hath no man than this.

It rained this Easter's walk of witness.
We stopped to look before moving on
through faithless years when growing doubts dismiss.

And as they sang beneath a cold cross
I was struck by deep waves of being human
for greater love hath no man than this.

For a moment some paradox of human holiness
restored the God of Love in Man
in faithless years when growing doubts dismiss
that greater love hath no man than this.