Broken Open, Poured Out

Christ on the cross

broken open

poured out

a good gift

identifying with the lost

the alienated from God

the sinner

the hopeless

broken open 

poured out

it is always a gift

when people offer 

this kind of love

agape

it is not a love that seeks fairness

for life isn't fair

and love

well

certainly love is not fair

we love,
 to have love not returned

we give, and there is not even a "thanks"

fairness is not in the equation

for the Christian

those lazy welfare people

those people afflicted by addiction

those people

them

they

it is not fair that people

who work hard

who are responsible

provide them with what they need to survive

and yet

and yet

what are taxes

compared to the cross

why in the name of Christ

are some so Christless?

deserved?

not deserved?

not even part of the equation for those of us

who at the foot of the cross

receive

the good gift

grace