A prayer

After John 17:13

It’s near the end, or

the beginning, the time

in the garden, night.

Alone; a prayer from the knowing

of what is to come in less

than a day, and the knowing

leads to the prayer.

I am coming.

I am coming to you.

I am coming to you now.

So, among the last things

to say, here at the end,

a prayer for them, those

sleeping and those not yet

awake, those flawed vessels,

for them, and not only

for the joy to be within them,

but for the full measure of my joy

to be within them. 

They will be hated by this world,

but, and it’s a huge but,

they will find joy, my joy,

within and always.

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