The Whip, the Circle, the Stone

It's Afternoon, Jesus

The whip, the circle, the stone...

these artifacts and archetypes

do live through time

since time began

choices for man

Subduing history

you stood in trial and judgement

took our punishment

his and hers, theirs and ours

but before the blood ran

you knelt down in sand

and said no to the whip

said no to the stone

you and you alone.

The whip, the circle, the stone

are choices made

by life you gave

two denied, one affirmed

grace unearned.