<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grieve for the widow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cry for the child<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weep for the mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lesser Than<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mourn for the victims<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of missiles and bombs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wail for the wounded<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Battered and Torn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But my thoughts resist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They’re not my kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\u2019re not my religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\u2019re not my tribe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So why should I bother?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why should I care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About mere strangers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lesser Than I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet deep down inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know it’s wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To harden my heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To those in distress<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Compassion can not be <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confined or denied<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although we\u2019re much different<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re much more alike<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re made in God\u2019s image<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By his own hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No human on earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can be Lesser Than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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