look! (John 1:29-42)

the weakling
        who can
     topple
  those immense barriers
              of distrust and
        fear
  we have thrown up;

the softie
        who can gather
              up our tangled
          lives
  to weave a soft
        comforter,
     to wrap us in
               hope's warmth
  against pain's bitter
        winter;

the innocent
        who sings soft
     lullabies,
           counterpoints
  to the raging cries
          of loss
      and doubt;

look!       the
        Lamb,
  who takes us
       just as we are.

(c) 2011 Thom M. Shuman