Thursday, March 29, 2018

While I Slept - Maundy Thursday-Re-posted

Tonight, out in the garden,
A friend is wrapped in prayer
While I lie near by sleeping
As if I didn’t care

The burden of a sinful world
Will settle on his head
While I lie near by sleeping
Not lending strength instead

They’ll rend and break his body
They’ll tear at mind and soul
While I lie near by sleeping
My body safe and whole

He faces what is coming
Though he prays it might pass
While I lie near by sleeping
In the fragrant grass

Why am I still fast asleep
While he prays on alone
And when they come to take him
How, then, will I atone

Wake up, Wake up! Stay awake!
I cry out in my sleep
But I doze on while he prays…
Tomorrow I will weep

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