1294

Of course you're there but I will still wait

Until you tell me what I have to do,

Like some old prophet searching for the bait

To reel in converts daily, two by two.

Your silence in this noise of summer days

Rests on my heart, knowing you're aware

I'm eager to give more than simple praise

And worship, if you need me to share

The joy that comes from following the Way

The joy I feel in your abiding love

The joy that never fails or says me nay

The joy that floods like sunlight from above.

            Your silence speaks more life than life can bring

            Turning bleak winter to eternal spring.

Brian Hick July 2013

©copyright Sally Hick 14.7.25

 1293

I know I was wrong to let anger have its way

And even if the argument was right

A violent outburst never should hold sway.

I know I was wrong.

But how to make amends, when passions bite

And tear old friendships, flung in disarray

Like hamsters to Rottweilers, who in spite

Will maim and maul, even as they bay

For blood, blood, blood into a night

Unslaked before they snarl and slink away.

I know I was wrong.

Brian Hick July 2013

©copyright Sally Hick 11.7.25

 1292

Teach me how to love, as you have done

Since the world first stumbled into life

And consciousness warmed to the morning sun.

Teach me how to love.

Returning love to family and friend

Is easy, but I need to love the one

Who undergoes rejection without end,

Who courts loathing, a propensity to numb

All thoughts of generosity, to rend

Relationships until all hopes succumb.

Teach me how to love.

Brian Hick July 2013

©copyright Sally Hick 9.7.25

I believe this was about the time Brian started working with a charity for the homeless. Sally

 1291

Lark where are you when I need your song;

Sing to cut into my aching heart

Sing to free my soul, to take my part

When silence shuts me from the thoughts that throng...

Brian Hick July 2013

©copyright Sally Hick 7.7.25

 1290

What do I do now, as I have tried

To follow all that seemed to be the Way

As openly as anyone alive?

What do I do now?

It seems that what I gave was not enough

Or wasn't what was wanted by the few

Who kept their counsel till things turned out rough

And change was needed, a new point of view,

To meet the needs of those whose lives are tough

Requiring more than coffee-time in lieu.

What do I do now?

Brian Hick July 2013

On leaving the Unitarian Church (Sally Hick)

©copyright Sally Hick 4.7.25

 1289

There are only two

Things that make life worth living;

You - and Shakespeare!

Brian Hick June 2013

©copyright Sally Hick 2.7.25

 1288

Changes? What  changes?

No one wants to argue, we want to stay the same,

Keep it as it used to be, no need to complain -

Of course we're losing members, one by one they die,

But long as we enjoy ourselves, there's no reason why

We should make any changes to the things we do

After all they're good enough, right now, for me and you.

Brian Hick June 2013 after church meetings.

©copyright Sally Hick 30.6.25