he walked through dust and tears
with hands open wide for me
calling my heart back home
all through the ages he waited
mending the fractures of love
watching walls rise against him
in the garden, earth held its breath
as the stone rolled away gently
revealing eternity’s greatest embrace
his death whispered hope into shadows
breaking every chain that bound me
friendship restored in quiet triumph
this is how love wins wars
this is how grace rebuilds ruins
a garden becoming an altar forever