CONDEMNATIONS ʚɞ

A quiet night—

sounds unheard by the ear,

yet deeply felt within .

The words of a stranger lingered,

like a melody too distant to remember.

“Heaven and hell…

which one draws you near?”

The voice came from a stranger

standing at the edge of the street,

disturbed by an answer

he could not accept.

I could not force myself

to believe so easily

in the truth he desperately wished to deliver.

“You will burn

in the fires of furious hell!”

the stranger shouted

after hearing my response.

My lips fell silent—

not out of anger,

but from thought.

For someone who claimed righteousness,

his reaction felt strangely misplaced:

rage, pointing fingers,

and fury born from words

he could not carry within his heart.

Are you truly certain

you are right?

Billions walk this world

with different beliefs,

different ways of learning,

different truths they hold close.

Why must respect

be so difficult to give?

Perhaps your intentions were sincere—

to guide people,

to open their hearts and minds.

Yet through your actions,

many only drift farther away.

The silence of the night shattered once more

by the sudden stop of a motorcycle

that came to fetch the stranger.

“So young,

yet already lost in your beliefs,”

were the final words I heard

before the quiet night returned.

And in the peace of the evening,

a single conversation became the noise

that ruined the silence—

simply because an answer

was not acceptable to a stranger.