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Good Friday

It started with the music.
Driving, gritty bass rhythm,
 keening guitar’s wail,
  time signature intrigue,
   emotion-ripped vocals…
    …ear candy for a budding musician.

Then it was the story.
A revolutionary, calling out the status quo,
 unwilling to compromise purpose,
  a misunderstood martyr,
   friends torn by fear and consequences…
    …capturing all that is tragic in humanity.

Then it became a ritual.
More personal with every listen,
 every year of experience suffered,
  every book, chapter and verse of the full story learned,
   every person loved and lost,
    every regret accumulated,
     and every graceless interpretation discarded.

And still each time,
the thing that moves my heart
to learn and live a better Way…
Always,
first,
it starts with the music.
Written by brokentitanium (k.)
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Author's Note
Since I was a child, before I had learned anything about any faith at all, I have listened to the full original recording of Jesus Christ Superstar on or around Good Friday.
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