Below is a short poem inspired by the theme “If Jesus wept, so can we,” building on the idea from the sonnet “The Tears of Christ, Our Solace and Our Stay” and the verse John 11:35 (“Jesus wept”). It emphasizes that Jesus’ tears validate our own, affirming His empathy and permission for us to grieve, in a concise, Malcolm Guite-inspired style with theological depth and emotional resonance.

If Jesus wept, so can we,
His tears a stream where sorrows meet;
No shame in grief’s sincerity,
For Christ has blessed its flowing sweet.
His heart, with ours, in anguish joins,
And bids our tears to fall, yet rise.