Into The Silence

Is the Pope a Catholic.

It is said so,

and a Humanist

It would seem so.

Or just a human

speaking

out

into the silence

speaking of  “cruelty

not war”  in Gaza

and of “genocide” 

there in Gaza,

speaking out

in a small act

of rebellion.

 

Is Joe Biden a Catholic.

It is said so

still.

The unanswerable question is 

why

the Pope allows lets him be.

Why 

he doesn’t have a word in his ear

direct,

why 

he doesn’t use his power

to act where he can

direct 

action

to excommunicate 

the Catholic

arming this cruelty

blind to this genocide.

Such a small act of rebellion

speaking only 

out into the silence.

Turtle Time

Well my turtle you may be slow

but you get there in the end

determinedly.

And you’ll walk through fire to do it 

and survive the flames

and anything else

that the devil

may conjure up

you’ll survive

it.

He won’t ever make soup of you

however hard he tries

you’ll survive 

to open the door

and make your home

anywhere

with no worries.