Lines for JSRI and a Jesuit-educated man, from a prison infirmary
They say one day Someone
will ask of you --
Did you visit them while sick?
Did you go to them in prison?
Did you help them eat
did you give them drink
when they hearts were famished
and their souls withered for thirst?
Did you share with them clothes
to wear in the heat and cold?
Did you take them into your home
when they were sick and estranged?
Let me tell you what to say:
You visited me in my heart
and mind and you took me in
to a place where chains become choices
and rainfall brings rainbows
You fed me with truth
and took me to the well
of wisdom where I drank
and learned to have faith in faith
You came to me and clothed
me with kindness and virtue
Raiment against the never-
ending day and never-coming tomorrow
Let me tell you what I'll say:
With my heroes I've always said,
"I want to be like you,"
but with you I say,
"I want to be like us."
C is a student in Loyola University New Orleans' Prison Education Program at Rayburn, LA.
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