Empty Womb, Empty Tomb

Barren.
Such a harsh word
for a painful reality.

Considered one of the three
greatest sufferings
in Ancient Israel.

No consolation
able to soothe
the unending ache.

Yet, Yahweh birthed
an entire nation from
Sarah’s empty womb.

After the Messiah died, humiliated and broken,
the men scattered and hid, defeated:
sure that they had abandoned their lives in vain.

Mary’s breathless announcement
of the empty tomb
that inspired the New Way.

A conclusion
to prophetic visions
that no one could have had imagined.

In the corners of damp, dark caverns,
resurrection is lurking,
waiting for a miracle.