The Empty Tomb

The words to this Easter hymn spoke to my heart. It was written by the Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown.

They came, as dawn was breaking,to finalize their loss,
absorb death's grim, stark meaning,the horror of the cross.
They came, and angels told them"Recall the words he said.
You seek the one now living,why look among the dead?"

We dream of resurrection yet when it comes we cling
to things known and familiar,the boundaries they bring.
And we, who are not ready to let our grieving go,
reject the angels' story,hold to the loss we know.

You interrupt our mourning,an untrod path you pave;
for you bring resurrection while we still seek the grave.
Our lives are wrenched wide open,the wounds we nursed exposed;
and, like a phrase of music,our death to life transposed.