are you still struggling to decide
the glorious stumbling block of my presence
o the imposition of the holy
crash your credal stones upon this-
humanity and divinity
while you look past the tautology of these ‘two’
i will be in ecstasy
(as i am wont to do)
tracing my flesh you find such
trouble don’t you
dear thomas
to touch me is to know glory
blessed are those who have heard
the ‘it is very good’ without need of
further explanation
(theirs is the community of heaven)
let me guide your hand to my mouth
and the gentle smile
that remains
Ryan McGivern
“The Crucified Lover holds our communities together as a single organism and makes all of its diverse parts work perfectly, as it grows and is nourished simply and elegantly in love.”
-Ephesians 4:16 (personal translation)
