NEUTRAL

That pale word‘ Neutral’ sits becomingly

On lips of weaklings. But the men whose brains

Find fuel in their blood, the men whose minds

Hold sympathetic converse with their hearts,

Such men are never neutral. That word stands

Unsexed and impotent in Realms of Speech.

When mighty problems face a startled world

No virile man is neutral. Right or wrong

His thoughts go forth, assertive, unafraid

To stand by his convictions, and to do

Their part in shaping issues to an end.

Silence may guard the door of useless words,

At dictate of Discretion; but to stand

Without opinions in a world which needs

Constructive thinking, is a coward's part.