April 12, 2006
The Plot To Kill Jesus- a Poem
"Mary at the Cross" original unpublished work by Louis Glanzmann
The Plot to Kill Jesus
She saw very well
that everyone was against him.
The government and the people
Together
And that would get him
that they would down him.
What was curious was
that all the derision
was heaped on him
Not at all on her
For her
There was no derision
There was only respect
for her
For her grief
For her woe
they didnt insult her
On the contrary
People even refrained
from looking at her
All the better
to respect her
All the more
to respect her
She, too had gone up
Gone up with everyone else
Up to the very top
of the hill
Without being aware of it
Her legs carried her
and she did not know it
she, too.. had made her
Way of the Cross
Everybody
was against him
Everybody
wanted him to die
It is curious
People that are usually not together
The Government and the People
So the government
bore him a grudge as did
the rudest of carters
As much as the rudest of carters
And as the rudest of carters
like the government
As much as the government
That was awful luck
When you have one for you
nd the other against you
You come through sometimes
You get out of it
You can get through it
You can come through
But
He would not come through
Surely he would not come through
When you have everyone against you
But what had he done to everyone....
I will tell you
He had saved the world.By Charles Peguy
translated from the French
