'Wise men say ... '

'Prophets Speak as Prophets Must,'

 

Prophets speak as prophets must,

Whether the hearer bends the ear.

A prophet's words are wisdom spoken and

Judicious lives born before men.

If the prophet remains silent?

How will the world know its horrors?

The message may be unwanted,

But love has sent it.

Telling the truth killed the Christ

But such a life was not misspent.

Courage speaks in the maw of human indifference.

If you or I do not speak

What hope has this world?

For what value are those who proclaim peace and pleasantries

Before a looming whirlwind?

There it is, in the knowing of self

And valuing just being,

How precious then, is even mere existence.

Hence, you arrange the words aright

And thereby erect a human edifice worthy of emulating

More sad is wisdom contained in a human breast

And eyes turned inward in despair.

Then - grieve for a time, for the sorrow is just,

And orate you must.

For love has sent it.

 

C.Hill

May 2016

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- Lisbon, Portugal -

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