THE LAMB

By R.Marcus Gaudry
written and published October 2005

Broken, bleeding, in the desert,
he is just a little child.
Used, abused, betrayed and beaten,
left on sunbleached sands to die.
Where is justice for this child?
Who will turn this wrong thing right?
Who will come and save this child?
Who will comfort him tonight?

There's a hill on the horizon;
will he find some refuge there?
Angry, desperate, feral, frightened,
nearly blind from the desert glare.
Climbing now, hoping for refuge-
on the top he finds the Lamb.
Could it be that this is his refuge?
He is starting now to understand.

Mother Mary had a Lamb, fleece as white as snow,
and everywhere the Lamb shall lead,
We are called to follow.

He reaches out to the Lamb,
the Lamb then takes all his wounds.
Everything he read in Gospel,
every Word of it is true.
Over the hill, beyond the desert,
the Lamb leads to an Oasis.
"Don't you believe it, you will get hurt"
-but these words of doubt are now wasted.
Anger turns to compassion.
Fear gives way to confidence.
Hope springs from desperation,
all from the Lambs' righteousness.

Maranatha!