Michelangelo's Risen Christ

I

The decision:

to exceptionally carve perfection,

or to give the Son of God

weak knees that mirror mine,

maybe worn, tired hands. Certainly

a shorter cross, for a sculpture

who bore the weight

of the world. What does marble

sound like when it speaks?

II

A doubter

reaches to touch the clean, cool

wounds and hears the voice

of the rock as it cuts

darkness. Words pour

from the silence and run

down the smooth stone.

Clarity seeps from marble flesh
to human fingertips.