God help us. With great skill and energy
we have ignored the state of the human heart.
With politics and economics we have
denied the heart's needs. With eloquence, wit
and reason we have belittled the heart's wisdom.
With sophistication and style, with science and technology,
we have drowned out the voice of the soul.
The primitive voice,
the innocent voice.
The truth.
We cannot hear our heart's truth and thus we
have betrayed and belittled ourselves and
pledged madness to our children. With skill and pride
we have made for ourselves an unhappy society.
God be with us.
Amen
