From the Prophet Nathan to the streets of Manhattan
To the church
Ineffectual in our commission
Impotent in our screaming at the darkness
Wondering why it does not understand what it cannot
Forgetting where we once were
The darkness that once enveloped us as well
But God
How do we not hear?
The thunder of our own failed criticism
Barbed wired Christianity
The love of Christ lacking
Missing
Surgically removed from our precision
We stand off on a hill
Watching