Unexpected Playground

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A Sonnet by Noah Bartley

Upon reading about Aslan’s resurrection

Stone hewn for death becomes Life’s playground,

Where the Daughters of Eve dance on Death’s grave.

Lungs once filled with incessant groaning sound

Forth laughter no White Witch can take away.

King of Narnia but a cub at heart,

Aslan is a beast no mere man can tame.

Knowing Deep Magic form before the start

Won’t hinder him from playing a child’s game.

“Catch me if you can!” says Aslan smiling,

Leaping over the Table torn in two;

Round and round the children chased him, filing

In and piling on – the laughing beast subdued.

Since Death has died and Life rose in its place,

Let us now, Sons and Daughters, join the chase.

Noah Bartley is a poet whose desire to showcase the wonder and glory of God through the medium of words. He lives in Chattanooga, TN with his wife Haley, their daughter Lucy, and their dog Ridge. Noah graduated from Bryan College in Dayton, TN with a BA in Biblical Studies. It was primarily through the deep study of Scripture and the original languages that a love for words was fostered, which then 

flourished into writing poetry for the purpose of inviting others into the wonder of God.