I come

I come swiftly, leaping in the wind. I come mightily, whirling in the sun. I come gently, rising with the mist.

I bring flood and destruction. I bring deep drowning. I bring silence.

I come universally - and personally. I am everywhere, and I am here with you. I penetrate all things.

I come to look into your eyes, to search your soul. To say, what? you have not yet understood? To shake the head at you.

At last. At last I have flooded them all with light, have swept them all away with tears, have drowned them all with love. At last they will understand.

I have destroyed their leprosy, I have healed them, I have brought them peace.

They will know their own value, their own dignity, their own preciousness. They will never be able to violate it again.

When I tell each of them the bitter-sweet story of the others, they will never hate or hurt or wound again. Because to know is to love, and to love is to nurture.

They will be bound together and unified, they will bear their burdens together. They will go forward together.

See, I come.