My Prayer-Poem for the 45th Day of Lent, Good Friday, 2 April 2021

The Triduum (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday) can be observed in three parts: remember, stay, rejoice. This is the second of the three poems.


Stay
Veronica stepped out,
out into the crowd;
kindness in the face of madness.

​Friends ran away,
away from your presence;
ultimate panoptic sadness.


Your body crucified,
crucified that all might live
with you in steadfast gladness.


©️Mark Andrew Smith