THREE DAYS

he told us he would
rise in three days

we believed
but it was three days of
agony waiting

I wondered why three days
what was so special, so
symbolic, so crucial about
this particular duration

three days after his crucifixion
he did rise, did return

to give hope to the world
for then, if he
had not returned
what
hope for mankind?
what landscape of nightmare?

Published by Damian Garside