1981
Call to Repentance
February 1981


“Call to Repentance,” New Era, Jan.–Feb. 1981, 65

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.