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Message for the Master

His disciples came and took away
the body and buried it; and they
went and reported to Jesus.
Matthew 14:12

Every time I read it I picture how it must have been . . .
It was on a cold and windy day
when they told Him.
Cloaks were wrapped tightly,
their wet hoods feeble protection
against the cutting rain.
They walked slowly, wordlessly
along the road . . . the rain nourishing
the freshly planted seeds of confusion.
Some wept, I'm sure. Others
retreated--broken--into the tired
and lonely corners of their minds.
They found Him in the Garden.
He wasn't praying--just standing,
as a father might stand just before
receiving news of a son lost in battle.
All of eternity stood between the silent stares
that lurked in the hooded caves.
A large man with a hoarse voice
interrupted the rain's one-way conversation
with the earth:
"Master . . . they have beheaded John."

W.M.G