Just a few words

After Mark 16:1-13

A decision made to go

and anoint meets the reality

of a stone blocking the way.

“But who will move it

for us?” they ask.

A legitimate question, 

answered by the new reality:

the stone was already

rolled away. No one

needed to do it for them;

it was already done.

And inside the cave

they find a young man,

sitting calmly, waiting

for them, dressed

in white, and pointing

to the empty shroud.

His few words explain

and give direction

to the new reality.

The heavens had split,

the earth had shook,

the curtain had torn,

and now time itself

had cracked wide open.

Photograph by Robert Koorenny via Unsplash. Used with permission.