I am writing it down so i don't have to speak it to you so i don't have to face replies that are lies, or conversation that erupts into violence, or complete silence of acknowledgement, or derisive laughter of belittlement Faith I am writing it down so i remember -this moment -this frame of mind -this set of circumstances, which will not repeat by my design, but will allow by comparison, to -these people as i know them now -this life, from this perspective as I am allowed at this point in time So I remember...this the writing takes "this" beyond the fear on the one hand beyond the faith on the other and moves it into my DNA for retrieval on rereading