Piercing

But He was pierced for our offenses,…. And by His wounds we are healed. — from Isaiah 53:5

I never knew a rose

could bleed, 

that the pliant

petals could be 

punctured

by the thorns,

and I wonder

at the piercing

love necessary

for protection,

so that the tender

bud in beauty’s

bloom unfolds.

—C.L. Fisher, June 2021

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