they will when they are ready…?

by Jonathan Hunter-Kilmer

I left today

left

and will not return

so many people

weep and scream

about problems

I could not face

but

when solutions are offered

explained

over and over and over

say

“No, I can't, I'd have to . . . .”

They want to cry

not to

fix

how many people

must weep with them

while they

wreck

their own lives

I will not play that game

and so I left

an e-mail list

that some there

called

“a family”

poor souls

I pray for them

but

I will not play

You didn't

those who would follow You

must leave behind their games

and

live

or for what

did You die?