Can you imagine?

Jesus is Crucified

Christ

Can you imagine what a crucifixion is ?
Speaks
My executioners stretch my arms;
they hold my hand and wrist against
the wood.
and press the nail until it stabs my flesh
Then, with one heavy hammer smash,
they drive it through ---
and pain
burst like a bomb of fire in my brain
They seize the other arm;
and agony again explodes.
Then raising up my knees
so that my feet are flat against the wood,
they hammer them fast, too.

I reply

My God.
I look at you and think:
is my soul worth this much?
What can I give you in return?
I here and now accept
for all my life
whatever thickness, torment, agony may
come.
To every cross I touch my lips
O blessed cross that lets me be ---
with you ---
a co-redeemer of humanity.