Quotient

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” ~John 3:30

When the Baptizer spoke these words… When we hear them…
This call to a lessened, shrinking Self
Divided by
Subtracted from
Given to the sorrows and grief of the world

Was he prepared? How could he have been?
Are we? How could we be?
For the countless reductions
The thousand cuts
Each loss,

Which leaves us longing for the fullness
And fulfillment of that promise.