Listen, Pt. 1

[Spoken Word: Becky Harding]
What does it mean to listen?
I mean, really listen
With no distractions or divisions
Clear, careful decisions
Where the outcast is first to be considered
Listening to listen, not to respond
Words are now that listening with our eyes just does not correspond
See when the Rabbi gave the sermon he called us to look beyond
The people around us
Whose presence we completely ignore, those we label as poor
Or people who just can't do this anymore
Or those who society has decided are just not worth fighting for
We are called to do more

To no longer be silent or hidden
This is an invitation to the Beatitude vision
To understand the message more accurately than sniper precision
To bring forth a world a misfit envisioned