death works backwards

“There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.”

George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie

Your life should be a continuous death and a continuous resurrection so that you remain fresh until the very last breath.

                                                   Osho

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Every time night falls

part of me wonders, will there be a dawn

every time I fail

part of me wonders, can I pick myself up,

one- more – time?

every time a relationship ends

part of me wonders, will love ever be birthed again

every time joy dies, and sadness comes

every time love vanishes, and the bile of hate burns

every time I die to some thing

and I die and die and die again

a part of me is willing to believe

that this

is all

there

is

that there is no way out

no “next”

so too the beaten and battered ones

on that Friday

when Jesus died

they must have felt as if nothing

would ever be ok

ever

again

as they hid

as they fled

as a few gathered

at the foot of a cross, and watched their beloved die

as they dragged the body down

and hastily, furtively, placed it in a tomb

and yet

out of death life came

the slow spiral of hate and violence

the oppressive weight of power

was stopped

and death began to work backwards (CS Lewis)

as it was, so it is

out of failure, a fresh start

out of pain, cleansing and hope

out of every ending

every death

resurrection

continuous