“In the Wilderness”
by Ron di Cianni
depicts you,
sitting on a barren slope,
head bowed in prayer,
elbows resting on your knees
and a dark sky looming overhead.

I imagine
that you are struggling
to come to terms
with all that lies before you –
Pharisees seeking to entrap you,
betrayal by friends,
torture
and then cruel death.

In prayer
you finally surrender yourself
to God’s will.
But even when you eventually feel ready
to commit your life
and your death
to our God,
your heart still be heavy.

Even times of joy and friendship
must be tinged with sadness
and a sense of foreboding
at the prospect
of what lies ahead.

How you must have been transformed
after your Resurrection!
Anxiety over,
you must have been flooded with relief
and absolutely bursting with joy.

And this morning
as I sit in prayer
I think how wonderful
it must have been
to meet you
after your Resurrection
and see you smile?

© Claire Murray, 14th May 2015