July « 2006 « Arnold Bailey's Weblog

Kinder, Gentler, Nation…

Let them go for they are not animals
Those who have tortured and killed
Do not hurt them for they have rights
Those who slaughter at will

Treat them with compassion and civility
Those who seek our demise
Do not humble or humiliate
Those who remove the eyes

Teach them to love and rehabilitate
Those who learn hatred from the start
Show the [...]

We stand for strength
Solid is our foundation
We stand for understanding
Follow us or die

We stand for tolerance
If you are chosen
We stand for values
Follow us with blinded eye

We stand for justice
To decide if you are forgiven
We stand for unity
Follow us ask not why

We stand for salvation
Though you may not see it
We stand for a higher purpose
Follow [...]

You see me how you want to
I see me not at all
You criticize and ridicule
Things I cannot recall

I see you as you are
No more or less than me
My vision seems to bother you
You refuse to let it be

Turn your reluctant eyes inward
The madness doth abound
A mire and mesh of insecurity
No confidence to be [...]

I have seen you in your finest hour
Decisive, swift, unyielding
A general’s sword dealing out mortality

I have seen you in the worst of light
Cowering in fear and pain
A rapist callously robbing innocence

I have seen you through a merciful eye
Sparing, kind and compassionate
A peaceful whisper in the night

I have seen you as ruthless
Daunting, [...]