Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

When I was asked to speak, I said too much
and I received that feedback best I could
because I know my verbiage is a crutch
to say enough to voice the all I should—
so when you asked me next to speak again
I tried to keep my answers short and sweet
and prayed the shortest prayer before Amen
and thought that all my thoughts were there complete,
but then I heard I hadn’t said enough
and I responded utterly confused:
conversing with my peers is but a rough
endeavor. I would rather have refused
the call to vocalize my thoughts aloud
at all— but is such cowardice allowed?

I suppose this is a lesson in the truth that you can never please everyone no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you care......some tasks are so difficult we'd often prefer to avoid them, but in the end all we can do is our best, humbly and with as much grace as we can muster that day.....a eulogy will inevitably not be able to address the unique relationship each of the mourners possessed with the deceased.....which means, in a way, when you agree to deliver one, you are setting yourself up for failure.....a real dilemma my friend...

Top notch poem my Shakespearean friend.