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My Lord and my God!

I cannot see
the nail-prints
in his hands
or the scar
where the spear
pierced his side.
These proofs
that Jesus died
became the proofs
that he is alive.

But Thomas
was there -
"I must see
for myself.
I must be certain
that Jesus
is alive
because
if it’s true...
my Lord
and my God!"

Twenty centuries
have come
and gone.
I cannot see
what Thomas saw,
yet I know
it’s true.
My Lord
and my God!


© Peter J Blackburn 2004
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