Lazarus time 3

After John 11

The waiting is for naught,

for nothing; he dies, his body

placed within the cave.

Then the healing comes,

too late, trailed by despair

greeting despair. With

simple words the healing

speaks, words of life,

spilling from lips of life,

falling on death and

consuming it.

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Painting: The Resurrection of Lazarus, watercolor over graphite on paper by James Tissot (circe 1886-1894); Brooklyn Art Museum.