Alexandra

Eclat

In burst of light, in rent of sky,
the undead shall see it—
hear the trumpet cry!

Listen, I tell the mystery:
We will sleep not, but be changed all—
          Trumpet! In a flash!
          In a twinkling at the last.
For the sound trumpet will, the dead will:
          Be raised imperishable.
          Be changed!
For perishable must itself imperishable,
and mortal with immortality clothe.
When then, the written true will come saying:
          Death swallowed has been.
          Where, O death, is victory?
          Where, O death, is sting?
The sting is sin and the power is law.
          But thanks be! To God!
          He gives us Christ our victory through.

—1 Corinthians 15:51-57 remixed