whose to know

I know you
as I
(existentially)
might know that goes
from
much to nearly
anonymous

as I don’t know you
and so
don’t know
what’s
healthy for you except generally
and to an extent
doctrinally

I hardly know
myself
it seems
and all the parts inside that work
well or that are inclined
yet
to rebel
not in
appreciable or creative ways

and so who am I to say
except I wish
for
wellness
I pray for healing of my niece

as I might know you
I pray
and encourage you to pray less blankly
more fully
(knowingly)
for what others and elsewhere need

also
you

and I guess that’s it
let’s pray

and might we know there’s power
in that
intercession
as well as
self-directed

if
could be with the proviso that
faith
hope
and love show up
by prayer
and anyway
and are willing to remain

first
two
the third especially goes nowhere
if all
imperfectly through us
and
perfectly from the one we know
and seek to know
even
through evidence unseen
yet
so believe
to ask

c l couch


(1 Corinthians 13:13, Hebrews 11:1)

photograph by Christina Ioannidou at Unsplash
Chamaemelum nobile.
Corinth, Greece