The prophetess

After Luke 2:35-38

She’d been here

for years, never

leaving, always

serving, speaking

words that inspired

or foretold or

frightened or all 

of the above, often

at the same time.

She’d lived here,

in worship and prayer,

fasting and praying,

until she saw

the child who

was foretold.

As a prophetess 

does, she saw the child

and prophesied.

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