some of them are deeper than you see
some will remain with me forever
like the holes in jesus' hands
and the gash in his side

put your hands into the holes in my heart, you doubters:
dare tell me there is no God!
reach in and be changed
for it contains life: pure, unquestionable

draw closer:
peer into the king's chambers
where worlds are made
and the servants fed clusters of luscious grapes

or choose, rather,
to stand far off
noticing only that
i have been alone
as the eye sees
for a very long time
and there are scars on my body