These words began to form in my mind quite some years ago.
It concerns Jesus after his arrest when he is brought before King Herod and then the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate.
ONLY SILENCE
He didn't speak to Herod,
But for Pilate there were answers;
One, of his own race, a king,
And one, the hated foreign ruler.
We may wonder why this silence
for the one and not the other.
May we learn when not to answer
Is the wiser path to follow.
When the hearer doesn't listen
Only silence speaks our truth.
Why is it that we can see these things, and even write poems about them, but not be able to follow our own advice or, even more so, the example of Jesus? Still learning, I suppose.
