stones

Staggering,

the weight of sin,

She crumples to the dust
Calloused hands of calloused hearts

Jolt her with a final thrust

Scorching sun and blinding light

The last her eyes will see

She bows her head, her tears make mud

And waits for gravity

Then He steps in

He intervenes

Not because she's innocent

More because all stones on earth

Fail to afford atonement

If every stone that could be found

Were hurled against her sin

Still too heinous, grievous shame

Would plague her from within

With sin too great

Rebellion's breach

Healed and mended by just One

Superseding stones and surface splints

The Father sent His Son

And all the pain of stonings past

And all those to be earned

Broke the life of God's own Son

At the cross His Father spurned

One large stone

Now rolled in place

To seal the sting of death

One large stone, the angels sing

King Christ reclaims His breath

Heretofore her verdict death

Ever after life and light

All sins washed and all stones rolled

Away in Jesus' might