“Call to Repentance,” New Era, Jan.–Feb. 1979, 13
Call to Repentance
Slight pressure
“no”
had stirred my know.
But was it really really no?
Perhaps I need
to think it out,
to listen for a louder shout.
There are others
doing such.
And anyway
an if and but
might very well apply
to me,
because,
because,
well, I am me.
And circumstances
are so twined,
and maybe I have been assigned
a very special
set of rules
that—
What!
A sound?
A flashing light?
Some further word on what is right?
Hmmm …
Neon “NO” and clanging bell.
Well, sometimes
words can get misspelled.
I’d really better
think this out.
There’s so much room
for so much doubt.