Why go

After Acts 21

Pleas, entreaties, warnings,

tears fall on blocked ears

and open mind. I will listen to

but not heed the words breaking

my heart; I know their source,

their origin, their why. But I will

set theses precious stones aside;

I have no choice. I will go on

to what is feared:

inevitable arrest,

inevitable trial,

by the same minds and sentiments

that condemned and executed

the innocence of the word,

I will go on, risking

the likely repetition.

Illustration: 19^th century woodcut.