We Don’t Care

You do not stop us!
We kill; we cause pain and suffering.
We kill blindly, to make a point.
We kill women and children for revenge.
We inflict untold pain on strangers.
We show greed in the name of success.
We withhold tolerance and compassion
thinking it is noble to inflict misery on the innocent.
We gain false rewards by these evil acts.

Israel blocks the entrances to and from Gaza,
and Hamas, vowing the destruction of Israel,
launches hundreds of rockets upon her;
blindly killing 13 Israelis.

Evil for evil; Israel retaliates.
More than a thousand Palestinians are killed,
of which more than 300 are children.

We are them!
They are us!
The needless destruction of life is ubiquitous
and endless.

Where is compassion?
Where is love?

We are purposely and conveniently blind.
It is okay!
We are not affected.
We don’t have to look.
We are not guilty,
when we ignore the pain of others.

You give us respite from imminent judgement.
You have been patient.
You watch as we continue to ignore your commands;
as we choose to die without having lived;
without bearing fruit of your love.
We choose this now, without thought about later.
You allow it!

You know our world will soon pass.
We don’t care.
Not yet.

Your embrace continues to be rejected.
Oh come Holy Spirit and guide us
so we can bloom with beauty, compassion and love,

now and forever.