No Words

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on June 19, 2015
Posted in: Free Verse, POETRY. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . 29 Comments

“Anguish”
Painting by Dena Cardwell
From fineartamerica.com

I have
no words
only hatred
for evil
no pity
no mercy
hot anger
eyes cry
burning tears
my violent
anguish
wants only
a sure stroke
of vengeance
from justice
one life
for nine
nothing less
and I’d do it
myself

I know
I must be a
poor Christian

but a man
who brings
racism’s
bullets to bibles
with vicious
intentions
who slaughters
the innocent
prayerful
at peace
in their
holiest
gentlest
expressions
of faith
such a man
is no man
but the vilest
of beasts

poor Christian
I must be
I know

but forgiveness
comes hard
to this sinner
who loves
and who hates
with what
I surely pray
is a moral
distinction

29 comments on “No Words”

  3. This really hit me. The Charleston Shooting is one of many recent cases of ethnic violence. And to think that Dylann Roof did so in church just sickens me even more.

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  4. Reblogged this on scripturient and commented:
    This is not an attack against faith, it is ethnic violence. Dylann Roof has killed nine men in church, a blatant act of terrorism, and yet he was given a bulletproof vest and wasn’t handcuffed upon arrest. Eric Garner was a man who was put on a chokehold by American cops just because he sold cigarettes. The contrast between these treatments begs the question: where is the justice in the system? Racism is real. White supremacy and white privilege is real. #StayWoke

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  7. Well said, Paul . . . In the moment it is human to feel your rage in the face of racist hatred that respects no sanctuary. With time we need to realize that such hatred is institutionalized in this land and reflects not just the pathological thinking of an individual but of an entire segment of our society, though they would hesitate to articulate it . . . The perpetrator of this heinous act is not alone. Executing him will not eliminate him. He lives in the hearts of countless admirers in this land who applaud his evil actions. How will we eliminate them?

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  8. I’m sure many share your strong emotions; there is no defense whatsoever for the vile and beastly. A “poor Christian”? I doubt it–just imagine what our Lord feels, observing all this horror.

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