Tuesday, December 11, 2007

READING THE SILENCE by Jim L. Bowman

Was this just a game of dreams?
Played for two hours once a month.

A task too challenging?
Inaction belying intent.

Vision dead on the vine?
Strangled in frantic clutches.

Birthing too painful?
Passion killed in the womb.

Stepping out too risky?
Contemplated losing all.

Doubts kept to ones self?
Fearing the brotherhood.

Truth too real to speak?
Silence betraying the hurt.

"It is not struggle that defeats us;
it is our failure to struggle
that depletes the human spirit."
-Joan D. Chittister.