Vocation
Come, follow the voice calling you. If it leads you to a table set in a musty room share your bread and wine with all of those who sit beside you. If it leads you to a garden at nightfall stay awake with those whose fear disturbs the silence of the eve. If it leads you to a courtyard of condemnation and hatred refrain from shouting the vile curses of the crowd that knows not its own fate. If it leads you down a road of stone, pushed onward by uniforms of another creed, support the broken beside you who fall under the weight of persecution. Help them steady their stride and not lose sight of their direction. If it leads you to the base of a tree, planted on a hill for all spirits in need of life, do not look away from the branches, let them embrace your emptiness and adorn you with their love. copyright 1992 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author