The Silence That Silenced The Foe

To ask And not to receive... To ask And to contend with the contrary, To ask And to bear the weight of obscurity, To ask And to strive against the mysterious, To ask And to meet with silence... To ask And not to receive, Is to receive... To ask And never receive, Is to be favored With the greatest favor of all... It is to be whole... For to ask And never receive, Is to be A pure victim of love... ****************************************************************************** 'To ask for nothing, to refuse nothing' (St. Francis de Sales) , takes true heroic virtue.