Hi Ellis, Hi everyone.

I sent this poem to "The Friend" but I my expectations aren't very high.

                        Diversity

We have a Golden calf you know it’s grandeur knows no bound
This calf to whom we now kow-tow, our foreheads touching ground
It wears a crown, diversity: its tolerance is sure
This calf is called perversity it is the devils spore,
Belief in Christ is frowned upon, here it’s tolerance is strained
Love of God is now forgone our Christian God restrained
This crown is jewelled with tolerance, permissiveness and guile
The calf is seeking dominance its intentions, truly vile
And if we dare speak, against this calf, were sure to be berated
And dare we speak on Christ’s behalf, we are certain, we’ll be slated.
So Friends we needs must make our stand, for love of God, for Christ
Our Godly words should not be banned, for us our God -Our Christ- was
sacrificed.
So, Quakers, Friends, you surely know we’re in a holy war
It’s time to overthrow this Calf outside our meeting’s door.

 Michael

that poem was not the one Ellis spoke of, this is;

                    The Word

We speak our truth so quietly that only God can hear

We hide our light so only God can see it shining clear

We cannot speak amongst ourselves we have no common goal

The seed of God remains a seed in our infertile soul

Speak truth to power in  love of God that was our clarion call

The truth we speak is worldly now no talk of God at all.

Belief in God is optional, belief in Christ absurd

We’ve got our reputation we no longer need the word.

We don’t need our inner teacher, we just don’t want to know

 We have our cosy comfy life we have no will to grow

We clothe ourselves in goodness, our godliness displaced

We have walked awry, and now we need our Godly path retraced.

We are no longer Quaker in the sense of those before

We no longer have the weapons to fight this holy war

Belief in God is optional, belief in Christ absurd

We’ve got our reputation, we no longer need the word

Again, Michael, I like this new poem, Diversity.