Easter

The Longest Three Days

THE   L O N G E S T   THREE DAYS IN HISTORY

You warned us you would be leaving

yet I was not ready for today;

we weren’t expecting

anything like this.

In darkness,

we wept.

And then

Sunday came.

While you were gone

you experienced a depth

of Hell we will not have to know.

While you were gone, you paid our price.
 

2011-12-08
P. Wanken

Written for Poetic Asides prompt to write a “while you were gone” poem.