enough

by Scott Douglas

in eulogy to Steve Orel

8-07-2007 at Temple Emanuel, Birmingham Alabama

WHEN WILL THERE BE ENOUGH?

ENOUGH BREAD!?

ENOUGH LAND!?

ENOUGH JUSTICE!?

ENOUGH PEACE!?

ONCE THERE WAS ENOUGH FOR ALL TO SHARE

BUT ENOUGH FOR ALL TO SHARE

WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR SOME TO BEAR!

WHEN, AGAIN, WILL THERE BE ENOUGH?

NOW SOME HAVE TOO MUCH AND MORE,

WHILE MOST DON’T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH.

THERE IS MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY,

AND, TODAY, EVEN FEWER HAVE ENOUGH

PEOPLE WITH THREE HOUSES

SAY THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE;

WHILE PEOPLE WITH NO HOUSES DISAPPEAR IN SILENCE

PEOPLE WITH THREE CARS

SAY THERE IS TOO MUCH CONGESTION;

WHILE PEOPLE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION DISAPPEAR IN SILENCE

PEOPLE OF A DUAL JUSTICE

SAY THERE IS TOO MUCH CRIME

WHILE PEOPLE RECEIVING NO JUSTICE DISAPPEAR IN SILENCE

WHEN, AGAIN, WILL THERE BE ENOUGH?

ENOUGH BREAD!?

ENOUGH LAND!?

ENOUGH JUSTICE!?

ENOUGH PEACE!?

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH…

WHEN THE SILENCED REAPPEAR WITH THEIR OWN VOICES.

THEN, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH!

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WHEN THE REGAINED VOICES

RELOCATE POWER

TO DWELL IN COMMUNITY.

THEN, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH.

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH

WHEN HUMILITY IS WEALTH,

GREED IS POVERTY,

AND CRIME --CRIME-- IS HARM TO THE SPIRIT

OF SHARED COMMUNITY

THEN, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH.

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH

WHEN THE TEMPLE OF

THE GOD OF SCARCITY (THE GOD OF GREED)

IS ABANDONED;

AND THERE EMERGE

RENEWED AND FAITHFUL PEOPLES

FORGED IN THE CRUCIBLE OF STRUGGLE

FOR

ENOUGH BREAD

ENOUGH LAND

ENOUGH JUSTICE

ENOUGH PEACE

AND THEY WILL BE HUMBLE & YET

POWERFUL PEOPLES

BECAUSE THEY WILL REMEMBER;

AND BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH.

SDIII