Gentle politicians, at home and away,
appeal not to that which divides us,
in ten-percenters, for which we pay,
but knit together our commonality,
if you believe in more than acrimony.
A free people ought to know as much
compassion as Christ would –
even in the face of the enemy –
verily wielding wisdom against wickedness,
for the sanctity of all souls.
Know, now as ever,
None formed by the Almighty
needs, or can thrive on fear,
destined as we are
to share each other’s fate.
Remember, if you would,
that, together,
through all the world’s withstood:
holocaust and rebirth;
feast and famine;
flooding and drought;
stood the principle of love –
90 percent of which you waste,
professing your care, while spewing hate.
