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VIEW FROM A SOUTHERN WINDOW

FLOELLA COGGINS

HE WAS SEEN NO MORE IN THE TOMB

They saw Him in a manger

All the wise men and the shepherds

The star guiding them

The angels giving the good tidings. 

Later, He was seen in the temple

Astonishing them

With His wisdom

At the age of 12. 

He was seen at home with His family

Working with His earthly father

In the carpenter's shop

Until

At the age of 30,

He saw it was time

To be about His heavenly Father's business;

To start His real mission.  

The few oddly assorted men who believed

Saw Him and followed. 

The people of village and countryside 

Saw Him as He taught and healed and preached. 

Then as now, some saw and understood,

Some were blind and did not see. 

Many that saw scoffed

And misunderstood. 

Judas saw Him and kissed Him,

That the soldiers might also see and take Him to Pilate. 

Pilate saw only the crowd,

And did as they desired. 

Next they saw Him on the cross,

As the world grew dark and still. 

He saw all His own as He died,

Even such as me. 

His mother and His followers

Saw Him taken down,

And placed

In the borrowed grave

But on that first Easter morning,

They saw the stone was rolled away,

And the grave clothes laid aside

For He was seen no more in the tomb,

Hallelujah, He was seen no more in the tomb!