THOUGHTS ON JOHN (VI)

When there was a select few

You were among them.

With James your brother,

And Peter, the first, you observed

Christ, the resurrection and the life,

Awake Jairus's daughter.

You observed also

The Son of God glorified

On the mountain top.

And the sorrows of

The Son of the man at the press,

Gethsemane.

Andrew joined you three on the mount

Opposite Jerusalem

As the Prophet prophesied.

And with Peter, adjusted

By the man with the pitcher of water,

You went to prepare for what became

The Lord's supper.

With Peter you ran

To find a bare tomb

And you saw and believed.

And in that partnership

You stood by Peter's acclamation,

"In the name of Jesus Christ

The Nazareaen".

You barely mention

Any of these things.