A covenant was made on Golgotha
In red ink with a pro’s flourish.
It is in force to this day.
A ransom for sinners — they are innocent.

The last field for the slave —
An empty space:
Are you willing to go free?
So we think, you and I,
Afraid of falling for a trick.

For it does not work that way with people.
Every swindler in his own eyes
Is the craftiest master
And is looking for a fool.
But here the guarantee is
The cross and the nail…
I suppose I will sign.