What did Lazarus feel,
waking in the dark
shrouded and shriven?
Did he rise
cursing the contagion
that killed him
and stop open-mouthed,
mind agape at his living self?
Is there surprise
to find life again,
having once lost it?
Did he grumble
at the lot he drew,
his turn to be the one who dies
to prove that life
is sleight of mind?
And the rumble
of the stone
as they levered it aside,
was it welcome?
Wow! I love this one...I've never thought about what went through Lazarus' mind as the stone rolled away -- or before he died and after he rose again, obeying the command of the Savior.
ReplyDeleteI think he probably wasn't surprised, but that he was grateful and joyful in a way that we haven't experienced yet; or perhaps he was not happy to come back to this broken, fallen world after having a glimpse of the city on the hill and seeing the perfection and beauty that is laid out for the faithful in the next realm.