Seeker

Who me? You want me to follow you? You must have got it wrong. I can see you're a good person, - not like some hypocrites.  You need someone better than me.  Who me? Don't you know who I am? I'm a traitor. I work for the enemy occupiers. I handle their dirty money. You need someone better than me. Who me? You know I steal from our people. I call it commission but I cheat. I make people poorer by extortion. I'm a despised tax-collector. You need someone better than me. Who me? I'm a sinner - the lowest of the low. You can't want me to be your disciple. What me? Really? You are calling me? You need someone just like me? **************************** The detail from Caravaggio's painting of the calling of St Matthew says it all - the unexpectedness of the call, the sense of unworthiness, of the reaching of a pivotal moment, the dawning realization as the light shines on Matthew, a hand beckons and a voice invites, "Fol...