The Right To (Not) Fight

June 10, 2014

What is wrong?

What is right?

I can't stomach this fight

So in an effort to appease

And avoid becoming like these

That throw swings

And maneuver blows

In the name of Love

I take off my boxing gloves

I exit the ring with my head down

Breathing out defeat

To the sound of applause

I gave them what they wanted

To hear

Not what I really believe

I will not injure to prove a point

And if "standing up" for what I believe in

Requires looking down

On those that disagree

Or can't yet decide what to think

I will refuse to move from where I sit

Crying compassion

And exhaling empathy

In the midst of what you call

"The least of these"

While you use righteousness

As a weapon

And construct the fear of flames

Into tools that can wield hearts to heaven

Don't forget

All that you have was given

On knees that are worn

A heart taut and torn

With hands that find themselves

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