I worked on this sonnet throughout Holy Week but, as my organist schedule would have it, did not have a chance to revise and publish it until now. So, here you are: a short contemplation on the incarnate Christ.
*(Forgive my limping poetic meter…I prefer to conduct my poems in a musical pattern rather than measure their feet precisely.)
Passover Lamb and firstborn slain,
His is the blood and He the doorframe,
The Father's wrath and His mother's pain,
Bringer of life now the bearer of blame.
O, Lion and Lamb, firstborn of the twice-born,
Shall You, spotless One, become for us a stain?
To cover our naked shame is He shorn?
And shall His love-loss be our goriest gain?
The Healer now crushed to crush the serpent's head,
Cannot have been lifted just to be low-lain,
For this is the Rod, the High Healer, now dead;
He who holds all together is now split in twain.
So silence, my soul, raise no songs nor sweet strains;
Our Reconciler is not divided in vain.
Hello and welcome! I don’t love that I my name is also my website because I always thought that being a writer was about muttering to myself in the artistic anonymity of a dark corner, but here we are in this year of our Lord 2023.
So who am I? Instagram wanted me to select “what” I am and gave me a set of limited options: artist, writer, blogger, or musician. The reality, though, is that I am a human person, not an internet personality. I am not a “what” but a “who,” with an eclectic and evolving set of passions. Just when you think you know what to expect from me, I’ll probably surprise you. (Getting used to articles on worship music? SURPRISE: spooky short story! Expecting another theological sonnet? SURPRISE: a random musing on my fascination with Bigfoot.)
I’m going to organize my website so that it is easy to navigate and simple to find the content that you find the most interesting. However, because I am a collaborative pianist, worship director, pastor’s wife, speaker, and writer of all genres, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon writing that falls beyond your usual reading material…and that’s okay.
I’m so glad you’re here, and I look forward to sharing my work with you!
Ryanne Molinari 
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