Spirit - Nordic Giants

A time comes when silence is betrayal

That time has come for us, even when pressed by the demands of inner truth

We are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty.

But we must move

on

Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night

Have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony

But we must speak

We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision,

but we must speak

We must rejoice as well

For surely this is the first time in our nation’s history

That a significant number of its leaders have chosen to move beyond

The prophesying of smooth patriotism to the high grounds of a firm dissent

Based upon the mandates of conscience and the reading of history

Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us

If it is, let us trace its movement, and pray that our own inner being may be

sensitive to its guidance

For we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close

around us

Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us

Many persons have questioned me about the wisdom of my path

That they do not know the world in which they live

In the light of such tragic misunderstanding

I deem it of signal importance to try to state clearly

A new spirit is rising among us

I come tonight to speak for them

The truth of these words is beyond doubt

Seem as perplexing as they often do

The time comes when silence is betrayal

A new spirit is rising among us

Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us

Among us

Among us

Is rising among us