"The Dove"

A
gentle Dove was sent to us
to
teach us love and peace.
Who,
with His wings, enfolded us
so
sins and tears would cease.
A
pure white Dove who touched our hearts
with
soft and tender wings,
fluttered
sweetly on the wind
and
taught us many things.
If
we had felt His tender touch,
and
listened to the wind,
the
branches that He loved so much
may
not have had to bend.
The
tree that held Him in its care
by
hateful gales was tossed.
It's
fruit was lost ... it's branches bare
were
turned into a cross.
The
Dove was stained with crimson red ...
wings
spread wide and aching.
With
prints of blood where He had tread ...
His
heart ... pierced and breaking.
This
gentle One, to us He came
on
peaceful wings of love.
Who,
bleeding for our sins, became ...
a
broken ... wounded Dove.
Carole
Bevan-Irby
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