My Beloved One,
What made you think you could work
to build my kingdom without sharing
in my royal crown of thorns?
jagged – piercing – countless barbs
It was the only crown
that graced my head while
I walked as King among you.
cruel – blinding – breaking in
See the hands of those
of those who forced it
upon my head?
mocking – bleeding – themselves torn
The Kingdom I ask you to build
is not of this world.
My earthly crown is also yours.
stinging – biting – tearing flesh
What shall it teach you, this crown?
To suffer, to weep, to love?
How shall it tame thy pride?