We Are Men

(2006)
In response to “Are We Men” by Mason Cantwell, published in Ecce (Vol. 1, issue 4; 12 December 2005).

By Colin Cutler


No longer will I lie beneath the chains
That long have bound my brothers’ feet and mine;
The fetters broken, fain am I to claim
The name of Him Who freed me from my fine.

Unfurl the flag of victory! We stand
Beneath the banner of our King—the Christ,
Not fearing spite or death by human hand,
For from such death, we will but rise to life.

Our Leader beckons with His nail-scarred hands—
His crown of thorns exchanged for one of gold—
He took those wounds for you, now be a man
And go ye forth to follow One so bold.

Lord, here am I—I place myself in bond
To serve until the end, and then beyond.