I Do Not Speak

I do not ask for mercy for understanding for

And in these heavy days I do not ask for releaseI do not ask that suffering shall cease.

I do not pray to God to let me

To give an ear attentive to my

To pause in his marching and not hurry by.

I do not ask for anything I do not speakI do not question and I do not seekI used to in the day when I was weak.

Now I am strong and lapped in

As in a coat of magic mail and

From Time today and care not for tomorrow.