By Arnold Siegel
Submitted by Mark McNabb
Date: 2002 Jan 29
Comment on this Work
[[2002.01.29.09.01.15022]]

ONE VOICE

If the dialogue
is where the self
is revealed,
then perhaps,
in order to be yourself,
it is essential to maintain
the integrity of
one voice.

If the dialogue
is where the self
is revealed,
then perhaps,
in order to be yourself,
it is essential that
the image and the being
be one.

If the dialogue
is where the self
is revealed,
perhaps the merging
of the person I think I am,
the person I present to my
family, friends and adversaries,
and the person
I present to the public
- the merging of these images into one voice - reveals
a profound presence of self.

If the dialogue
is where the self
is revealed,
perhaps the
promise of our autonomy
would be fulfilled
if we were to create
for ourselves
one voice,
a rational
and ethical alternative
to the persistent
worrisome
internal dialogue
and to the many persuasions
we speak and
to which we listen.