to sit in audience to – know.

obstinate, 

don’t you think, 

for you to stand outside the door to this dark room, 

toss randomly –

like wooden matches flicked –

your insinuations?

ludicrous, 

to presume yourself companion to my indifference.

you do not bare the scars of my assumed indiscretion. 

and nowhere in the book of you

is there evidence to support incidence of (misconstrued) self-deprecation. 

if not for lack of care,

i would invest more time into a study of your contradiction.

but knowing at the end of the day,

the conviction you suggest is nothing more than a mask your insensitivity holds residence behind.

careless of you –

to suppose.

when invitation was given without obligation to sit in audience to know.

this truth –

if we can pass by – on the street – our brother without a coat,

standing in the rain.

if we can ignore – sitting all alone –

our sister giving in to demons,

resistance gone.

 
if we can close our eyes at night –

recite prayers inclined to elevate our us,

and yet recuse ourselves from ownership of the sin of indifference,

what merit is there in our testimony?

how can we utter allegiance to this God we’ve never seen,

yet disallow admittance of even the least of these into our sanctuary?

 
voices,

we have.

and yet we choose silence.

all the while –

on bended knee –

assuming blessing we simply have not earned…