Love Your Enemies
by Larry Linville
Jesus said to love our enemies
That’s surely not what he meant
He must not have included
Those we resent
He surely didn’t mean
Those with whom we disagree
Who have beliefs
Different than we
Those who do their reading
From a different book
And dress in a way
We don’t think they should look
Whose name for God is different
And their skin as well
He must approve if we
Wish them all to hell
Though he spoke of peace
And also against war
I’m sure he approved it
When we settle the score
The poor and the homeless
He must also exclude
They are all trouble makers
And it’s OK to treat them rude
He must approve using scripture
To set up factions
And quote those words
To justify our actions.
© Copyright 2008 Larry Linville (UN: larrylinville at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
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