Voices
James 4:8-9 New English Translation (NET Bible)
8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
Cry out!
Oh! The sound of helplessness in the human voice
Ringing through the house – always it seems
Surely in my mind, it occupies the choice
That was long ago in a parade of dreams
Bouncing of the walls affecting all of us
Cramps of human suffering since The Fall
Gasps of the frustration of a mental losing fuss
Dressed up rather nicely when too often called
Screams of desperation or a mind slowly dying
A heart in despair involves in a losing battle
All seem to rattle on as in simple justifying
The pot appears just the same as the kettle
Has joy departed and found a new home?
Is possibly the introvert in the vastness of opportunity?
Is not our busyness when we’re caught all alone?
With thoughts’ lightning speed embraces as an absurdity
Are not common goals set aside for the masses?
Is not this parade the imagination of a few?
Is it, not that humanity has appointed classes?
And that the lowest among us always pay our dues
Jan Wienen