An earthly souvenir

Альбина Кумирова
To leave the heavenly abode,
to step into a human mode,
who can do this but our God?
And nobody was to goad
Him to select His own rod…

A foetus, then a Mary’s baby,
birth in the unhygienic stable,
He took the risk, Christ - Heaven’s Gem!-
to be by Herod murdered, maybe,
with other babes of Bethlehem.

To live a life, full of struggle,
what did He out of Heaven smuggle?
The Holy Spirit in His heart!
It helped Him to remain humble,
from plans of God not to depart.

To be not once by Satan tempted,
before His cross to be tormented,
yet, over His death to win,
because His body’s Holy Temple
was never tarnished with a sin.

He left existence, full of glory,
became a mere human story…
What kept He from this life austere?
Stigmatas as memento mori –
an earthly life souvenir.

He came not just to give Evangel,
not simply our life to sample
and show to us His great heart.
His life was not just an example.
He came His Spirit to impart.

Let unbelievers now rage,
and trash His promises as strange.
Let their spirits be at war!
He left the Earth, but in exchange
He opened to Heaven door.

19.03-03.04.2019