A little longer

After John 13:31-35

I told the children I would be here,

here if only a little longer, and

when I leave, I must leave alone;

the children cannot follow, they

cannot come with me now,

on this journey I take,

this final walk.

They will stay, but with purpose,

the purpose a simple one, really,

the purpose of loving one another.

This is how people will know,

how people will know them,

will know you:

they will see the love you bear

for one another, the same love

I have born, and bear, for you.

Photograph by George Hodan via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.