Cain Meets Judas (remix)

Cain,
From the ground
Gave Judas the silver.
Forged into a sword,
Thrust into Abel’s heart.
The Lamb bled
Into the earth.
Jesus arose.

The killers’ defiance,
“Am I my brother’s keeper?”

The Savior heals
Friend and foe --

“Violence can only bring violence.’

Judas self destructs
In the silence of the Lamb.
Cain’s mark,
The sign of a cross,
Starkly standing
On a craggy hill
East of Eden.