The Tree

The Tree
The Tree

From my painting Loving Your Enemies.

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I think of that tree, raising its branches toward Heaven,
bringing life and breath and joy to the world,
thrilled to be part of God’s plan.
But then chopped, hewn and thrown to the ground,
horrified
as men
nailed
God’s son to it.
And then exulting, as from that embrace The Son cried,
“It is finished”