Insignia

Insignia of pain and sorrows,

A world that would

Sign fictions, forget facts. Hero’s

Noble signature; ink of Wood;

Christ our Lord! We mustn’t despise,

Rather receive

Our Cross, all the rest, best a guise.

The Passion obtained, this believe,

And hope to obtain; for our God

Made man to share

In the sweet resurrection; the rod

He spared, His mercy be aware;

His Glory! A new life of prayer,

Renewed virtue;

Fragile people, now mortal; our

Bodies suffer death; penance to

Precede, kill, and cleanse; the sinful

Soul to rise here

And now; Heaven here and now; full

Of joy; signed in Blood; without fear.

Gary Edward Gerac