The Greatest Grace

The Greatest Grace

Shamik Banerjee

Although His votarists have said, forsooth,
“Believe! Believe! For He had hung for you!”
I would gainsay their texts and hold mine true,
Not knowing I was blotting out the truth.
The man who never made it to the pool,
First questioned Him, got healing in each limb.
She, who was purged just by a shred from Him,
Was prior deemed unclean as per the rule.
These miracles, indeed, had tilled the ground
Of His religion and annealed the faith,
But I, whose bias-driven mouth had scathed
His words, the greatest of all graces found
When Jesus’ hands (when life gave naught but smart)
Comforted my (a Hindu’s) aching heart.

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Shamik Banerjee
Poet

Shamik is a poet from India. When he is not writing, he can be found strolling the hills surrounding his homestead. Some of his poems are forthcoming in The Hoogly Review and Dreich, among others.

Photography by Syaoran