"Whenever there is silence around me By day or by night— I am startled by a cry. It came down from the cross— The first time I heard it. I went out and searched— And found a man in the throes of crucifixion, And I said, “I will take you down,” And I tried to take the nails out of his feet. But he said, “Let them be, For I cannot be taken down Until every man, every woman, and every child Come together to take me down.” And I said, “But I cannot bear your cry. What can I do?” And he said, “Go about the world— Tell every one that you meet— There is a man on the cross.” - Original Poem by Elizabeth Cheney https://prodigalcatholic.com/2024/02/26/there-is-a-man-on-the-cross-by-fulton-j-sheen-poem-for-lent/