The scent of a repentant heart

A poem by James Legg:

You anointed my two feet
Just before my life fell apart
It’s fragrance a reminder:
The scent of a repentant heart

Betrayed by a close friend
Abandoned by all the others
Left to face my fate alone
All have fled even my brothers

Yet as I walked down the road
Head bent, ready to do your part
Up came a sweet reminder
The scent of a repentant heart

Condemned, beaten, and disgraced
A man of sorrows, some have said
Crucified, Mocked, rejected
The cross drenched from the blood I’ve shed

The cold reaches for my soul
As time comes for me to depart
The last breath breathed, took in
The scent of a repentant heart

(John 12:3, Matthew 26:6-13)

-James