Prayers

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We love,
because
He first
loved us.
[1 John 4:19]
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(Suspended in something
warm, and very lovely.)
(Hear a strong heart
beating.)
(Tiny palms clench,
and unclench.)
"I love You,
Abba."

[TEARS MIST.]
"I love you,
more than you
will ever know,
My precious.
Now...
go back to sleep."

(Wake up.)
"I love you,
Abba."

[TENDER SMILE.]
"I love you
too, My little
kinder."

(Smile.)
(Suck thumb.)
(Go back to sleep.)
"Abba?
Abba?"

"Yes, Mein kinder?"

"Are you THERE?"

"I never leave you,
Mein kinder."

"Am I going to be BORN?"

[GENTLE NOD.]
"Yes,
My child.
Soon.
Very soon."

"I wanna be with YOU!"

"You will be:
after a little while."

"Can I be with You,
NOW?"

"Remember, child:
I am always with you.
You are right
Here,
in the Palm
of My Hand."

(Squirm.)
(Stretch.)
(Nudge mother
in the side.)
"Why am I being BORN?"

"I have something,
I want you to do."

"WHAT?"

"Something,
only you can do."

"I'm not MUCH."

[TENDER CHUCKLE.]
"You are My beloved.
And, I have a special
task, for you
to do."

"After I DO it,
can I be with YOU,
again, ABBA?"

[TENDER NOD.]
[TEARS FILLED WITH SORROW.]

(Suck thumb, again.)
(Take thumb, out.)
"WHEN?"

[TEARS MIST, AGAIN.]
"Soon.
But, remember:
when I say
'WRITE!',
I want you to
write."

"What's THAT?"

[TEARFUL KISS.
ON TINY HEAD.]
"You'll see.
Now......
go back to sleep."

"I love You,
Abba."

"I love you too,
little one."
[SILENCE.]


(Anne Frank is born
in Frankfurt am Maine,
Germany,
on June 12, 1929.)
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For you created
my inmost being,
You knit me together
in my mother's womb.
[Psalm 139:19]

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