Two Voices In Need Of Healing Poem by DiAnne Douglass

Two voices

Hear our voices

Crying out to me

Someone help us, save us

How can I respond
Except to search for them?

We were lost

I want to help the lost

And we're tired, so tired

I want to tend to the weary

We've been calling out for so long

Their voices keep crying in my ears

Our bones are worn and our souls ache

I want to relieve them of their burden

We want something to help ease this pain

I understand their unacknowledged needs


Bring your broken, your weary, your restless spirits to me

If we come, what will you do to us?

I will show you the way

What way is that?

The way to healing

We are not sick, we are not dying

The way of healing for your souls

Our souls do not need healing

Everyone needs healing

You are trying to trick us

There is no deceit in my actions

You want to make fun of us

I have no such desire

You think we are gullible

I think you are lost

We do not need your help

I offer it because I think you do

You have nothing to offer us

I have much to offer you

We have heard those lines before

Not everyone knows how to help

You will abandon us

I will not abandon you

You will say we are not good enough

I cannot judge you without judging myself

You will call us sinners

I am a sinner too

You will say we are going to Hell

I want to save you from that fate

Will you help us?

I will help you