I do not fear you anymore - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Divine Fury Unveiled

My love for The Son of Man and Christianity as a way of life is infinite, however, I find it impossible to believe in a metaphysical world.

This poem is my own personal view of God. Please do not continue reading if you are easily offended or intolerant of other peoples' views.

This poem is largely inspired by the novel 'The Last Temptation of Christ' by Nikos Kazantzakis.

This place is bleak.

There are no flowers
the land is scarred
and all the birds have fled.

A solitary burnt-out tree
with a broken branch
is struggling to survive
against disease and darkness.


I'm frightened.
I know I must go to the river
to wash away my sins;
but the sacred river died so many
   years ago
and now only vipers and serpents
hiss and slither in its rancid waters.

Your malice is so complete.

I crawled along this thorny path
so many times before but each time
it's harder to return.

You lay the burden of a cross
on my stooping shoulders and you
commanded your white horseman
to trample on all the things I love.

Each day you scream:
Kneel before your Lord and Master.
You shall have no other Lord but Me.

But I will not yield to you this time.
The cross, the nails and the thorny
crown became wings and set me free

and now lord.
I do not fear you anymore.