In the garden

Poem from a monthly workshop I host – the prompt was – stone’s throw:

A stone’s throw away

How big the stone?

How strong the arm?

If they were closer,

Would they have stayed awake?

Would they have begged him

Stay a little longer?

Would they have heard the Voice of God?

Would the Kingdom Come

Have come and gone?

Would the world have passed away?

If our parents never loved,

Would we exist?

A stone’s throw away

Just far enough

“And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed.”

—Luke 22:41 (King James Version)

4-14-25