Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
(John 21:20-21)
Some followed to the cross, some to their tombs,
some were stoned, some were flayed,
some beheld the lions’ roar…
And others followed into cells
with ageing eyes in the dying light.
Some grew old to the ring of words
more bounteous than all the world.
Some saw, some hoped
but never saw.
All were held, transformed by Life –
what was, what is, what ever is,
is still to be, what waits.
The day remains, and we remain,
yet nothing is the same.
The Consolations of Writing 