He's Mine Boasted The Grave In Victory Poem by Royston Allen

‘He's mine' boasted the grave in victory
'He is dead so now he belongs to me'
Mary and Martha gazed on in despair
Wishing that Jesus had been with them there

Then Martha met Jesus near Bethany
coming to share their grief and agony
She told Mary who also came to see
and fell at His feet weeping helplessly.

'Lord if only you had been on the scene
Then Lazarus' death would never have been'
Four days he had lain in Death's sepulchre
far beyond the reach of all earthly care

'Where have you laid him? ' sadly Jesus sighed
'Come and see, Lord, ' both the women replied.
Seeing their helplessness at the graveside
Deep tears of sorrow the Son of God cried.

They opened the tomb, rolled the stone away
Then they heard Jesus in a loud voice say
'Lazarus come out, ' and the people saw
that he who had been dead was dead no more

'Remove the grave clothing and let him go'
and each semblance of death was removed so.
His power over death Jesus did show
in that town of Bethany long ago.

Written after reading John 11: 17-44