Names & encounters flit across the scene. Individuals otherwise forgotten. Encounters overlooked and episodes obscured from brighter pages.
Aristarchus, Silvanus
Persis, Ampliatus
The 2 unnamed in 2C8
Perhaps Epaenetus & Edokimas Or Polysipas
As well as Epaphras, Eutychus, Erastus
Eubulus, Pudens, Linus
Trophimus & again Aristarchus
Episodes when eyes locked briefly in dire moments from a distance
Encounters in the night
And reflections on that other dark name once counted, hand on the scene, then replaced
Wisdom seeks to engage these and others daily throughout time
To stay daily not only near the hearth, rather ever near the heart which draws through penetrating eyes
