Humanity - Two Voices

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Lament -


You don't look like me

You don't think like me

You don't talk like me

Why do you cry?


You don't know God like me

You don't pray like me

You can't rule over me

Don't even try


You don't vote like me

You disagree with me

You can't be friends with me

I'll tell you why


You don't live like me

You don't love like me

Your ways are wrong to me

Why don't you die?


Retort -


God knows me sure as he knows you

He made me as your brother too

No more or less His child am I

Why won't you see? You can't deny!


We walk the reaches of this earth 

Each with grace that proves our worth

Two images divine, our souls 

For greater glory, kin I'm told


Our whole is greater than the parts

Together stronger than apart

What do you fear? Have you forgot?

We're all God's children, are we not?


Reconsider your position.

Hate is such a mad condition.

Arrest your bellicose volition.

Make love of all mankind your mission.



Copyright 2020, Marc E. Brodeur

Just scratching where it itches!

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