Oh Death (A Holy Week Poem)

Oh death 

Where is your sting?

Felt in flesh and heart

But not in soul

Death is defeated in eternity

Loss still felt?

Separation still mourned

In the now

In the temporary

But felt still

O death

Where is your sting?

But felt in entirety

On calvary

That our pain 

Is but a shadow

Our separation

But a brief parting

The One who felt

The depth of pain and loss

Mourns ours still

If even for a moment

Fleeting as it may be