Mid/late 2016 found me writing fewer poems and more songs. I wasn't satisfied with this, as I have always written a lot of poetry (comparative to song). This was one of my first attempts to write more of it. This poem is about the cross and Jesus's death upon it. The "hill" is Calvary. The "shadow" is the shadow of the cross, and it is being compared to "the centered mast" of a ship. The "wanderer" is an unbeliever and the "well" is God's gift of grace. The "mourning garments" are death and are laid upon Jesus's "steady breast"; thus, he is, assumedly, conquered by death (although we all know that it is He who conquered it). The "shepherd" is God the Father turning away as our sin lays the Lamb of God "at rest." |