One was armed
And armored
And in charge
The other frightened
And fighting
And calling for help
Say his name
One knelt
Not in prayer
But in domination
The other lay prostrate
Begging from the kneeler
A chance breathe
Say his name
The oppressor’s face defiant
Asserting authority
Choosing whose life matters
The oppressed testifies
“I can’t breathe”
Until he breathed his last
George Floyd
In the face of oppression
The oppressed cry out
Disrupting order
The oppressor deflects
Seeking to placate
Crying out for order
Remember his name
Rage not so easily placated
No justice
No peace
The oppressor decries the rage
Not understanding its depth
Not hearing its cry
Black lives matter
Chaos rules for the oppressed
The oppressor remains defiant but shaken
Division’s chasm opened wide
Neither the Book
Nor the door to the building
Were similarly opened
Open the Book
Change only comes
Through interruption
Even the rocks cry out
Creation from chaos
Life from death
Peace from love
Pray His name
Read from the Book
Created granted dominion
Not domination
It is already blazing
A baptism of fire
Anguish until completed
Blessed be His name
“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing. There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished.”
-Luke 12:49-50
Well said. Sorry I missed this when it was published.
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ah but the internet is forever
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Rage not so easily placated
No justice
No peace…
nicely expressed
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Heartache. Just heartache.
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Real peace can only come from love. Real love can only come from God. It’s our choice and we who believe need to stop waiting for nonbelievers to come to the truth. We need to live it.
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“Created granted dominion, not domination,” so true.
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