Sometimes, late at night, the words are only whispers Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. The quiet is kindness and gratitude and calmHave mercy on me, a sinner. And I fall asleep like that, the words of the Jesus Prayer melting from English to Greek Kyrie Iesou Christe. Floating around me Yie tou Theou. Swimming apart from me Eleison me.

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