[And there were the words that assured him that his touch of empathy was true. Three simple words he had deafened himself to; refused to allow himself to hear them, refused to believe they had been said in any context that pertained to him. How could anyone love the demon that was he?
Sea-misted eyes flitted up through thick dampened lashes, reflecting in his shepherd's ever kind gaze.
'Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?'
'I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven!'
Maxwell was sure this much has been the seventy-seven-thousandth time... that Anderson had shown him forgiveness... And so easily, he would do it again and again. No more perfect and devout man was on this earth or upon any other. And how lucky he was to have him say those three tantamountal words.
I love you. Lord... if only my mouth knew how to return those words...
Teach me?]
Allow me.. Teacher.. to chasten my transgressions against you... Even if it takes me for the eternity we are in Purgatory together.
[And so his touch graced his shepherd's cheek, smoothing over thick stubble and a well weathered scar... before his lips, yearning to me taught, brushed a paramour's kiss across Judas's mouth.]
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Date: 2010-08-11 08:52 am (UTC)Sea-misted eyes flitted up through thick dampened lashes, reflecting in his shepherd's ever kind gaze.
'Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?'
'I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven!'
Maxwell was sure this much has been the seventy-seven-thousandth time... that Anderson had shown him forgiveness... And so easily, he would do it again and again. No more perfect and devout man was on this earth or upon any other. And how lucky he was to have him say those three tantamountal words.
I love you. Lord... if only my mouth knew how to return those words...
Teach me?]
Allow me.. Teacher.. to chasten my transgressions against you... Even if it takes me for the eternity we are in Purgatory together.
[And so his touch graced his shepherd's cheek, smoothing over thick stubble and a well weathered scar... before his lips, yearning to me taught, brushed a paramour's kiss across Judas's mouth.]