After a time in the dirt-grind
and the stone’s bruise
on the heel
and on the face, and the power drains
from the dragging,
tiring, weary pull of chains
you seem born to wear forever
and wear you down,
then will the King
speak kindly from His high
and lofty place.
He will look you in the face,
and set you in your own high place, and you, at the King’s table eat
forever at the Mercy Seat, and see that Face,
that place,
is Grace.