He

by

Richard Betts Jr.

In your effort to be holier than thou,
You tread on the very things which you say you espouse.

What if you saw him and didn't know it was He?
Would you spit in his direction or drop to your knee?

What if his skin was dark and his eyes were brown?
Would you embrace him or throw him to the ground?

What if his hair was long and his clothes were torn?
Would you treat him kindly or with prejudice and scorn?

He treated the less fortunate as one of his own,
Yet you insist on pelting them with your rocks and stones.

You often say, "I don't like him, he is not like you and me."
What if the object of your dislike turned out to be He?

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from: Dublin, Ireland

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