The Silence Of The Man Poem by James L. A. Huetson

They lied!
The elders, and teachers,
The leading priests and the high priest
Of the Church,
They lied.

They made all sorts
Of accusations against him,
They accused him of
Crime after crime after crime,
And they lied.

Pilate demanded of the man,
“Don’t you hear?
All of these charges they
Bring against you?
Don’t you hear? ”

But the man made
No response whatever
To the charges,
And the accusations,
Surprising the Governor greatly.

The man didn’t answer
And so the high priest
Stood up before the others
And asked the man
“Will you not answer? ”

“What about all of these charges? ”
“What do you have to say
For yourself? ”
And the man said nothing,
Astonishing the Governor highly.

Pilate sent the man before Herod.
Trying to avoid the situation.
Herod asked the man question
After question after question
But the man refused to answer.

The man maintained the
Virtue of silence,
Giving his persecutors
No ammunition
For adding more charges.