CHRISTMAS POETRY BY MARY NEAL
EMPTY CHAIR AT CHRISTMAS
There is an empty chair at our Christmas table
That was yours to fill
It’s been six long years since you left us
And we don’t know why – still
We’ve asked year after year
We’ve asked year after year
But no one will answer our query
Why was he arrested – why did he die
Please tell us what happened to Larry
"No explanation! No records! Stop asking!"
"No explanation! No records! Stop asking!"
This is the official reply
From all the government offices
“He’s dead – let sleeping dogs lie"
But we’ll not give up, my brother
But we’ll not give up, my brother
Until we know what is true
There’s an empty chair at our Christmas table
There’s an empty chair at our Christmas table
That should have been filled by you
We'll have dinner together again some day
We'll have dinner together again some day
At the Lamb’s great Wedding Feast
You’ll have a sound heart and clear mind
No longer last and least
Until then we’ll help those like you
Until then we’ll help those like you
Befuddled, confused, afraid
In jail for mental illness
May our commitment never fade
by Mary Neal
written 12/2006, published 12/2007 (all rights reserved)
written 12/2006, published 12/2007 (all rights reserved)
Website: http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com/
Jesus Christ's Christmas in Solitary
At Christmastime it seems so cold
to lock sick people in the hole
Mental illness is their crime
Over a million doing hard time
At Christmastime it seems so cold
to lock sick people in the hole
Mental illness is their crime
Over a million doing hard time
We sing carols about Emanuel
and His blessed Mother Mary
But Jesus' left the manger now
He's locked in solitary
and His blessed Mother Mary
But Jesus' left the manger now
He's locked in solitary
"Whatever you do to the least of these,
you do also to me"
Christ shivers in His lonely cell
Every sick prisoner is He
you do also to me"
Christ shivers in His lonely cell
Every sick prisoner is He
What will we do to rescue our Lord
and save Him from His plight?
God gave His Son to restore us all
Let's treat His brethren right
and save Him from His plight?
God gave His Son to restore us all
Let's treat His brethren right
by Mary Neal (all rights reserved)
Published December 2010 in HubPages to urge your help to decriminalize mental illness and end solitary confinement prison torture
Enjoy the holidays during this season, and I wish you joy and safety whatever you celebrate. I celebrate the birth of JESUS CHRIST, the world's greatest human rights advocate and my personal Lord and Savior. He is against capital punishment (Psalm 102:19-20), prisoner torture (Heb. 13:3), victimizing people (Matt. 25:40), avoidable wars (Rom. 12:18 ), all forms of discrimination (Gal. 3:28 ), and apathy about human suffering, which is inexcusable (Prov. 31:8). Being a Christian, I rejoice that He came, but I am even more delighted that He will soon return. Every eye shall behold Him, King of kings, as Vickie Winans sings in the video embedded below (YouTube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCWR1VT4mdk ).
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