WHERE IS IT WRITTEN?
by John T. Baker
Where is it written I am not to weep
The while my anguished heart in sorrow throbs?
Who has decreed that even in my sleep
I am denied the privilege of sobs?

Why should my inner grief remain unheard,
My need for consolation stay suppressed?
Is it required I keep my eyes unblurred
From acid tears that deep engulf my breast?

What rule of man or God demands that I
Refrain from evidencing pain I feel?
How can without the ointment of a cry
A wounded soul hold hope the hurt may heal?

To suffer silently, to languish mute,
Is idle pride and folly absolute.