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# If They're Right
- URL: https://randalljgreene.com/if-theyre-right/
- Published: 2015-02-19T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-16T13:33:53.000Z
- Description: What if the accusations against us are right? What if we're the monsters they say we are? We don't think they are, but could that be part of the problem?
- Author: Randall Greene
- Tags: Poetry, Christianity, #Import 2025-01-12 03:41

They say we're arrogant  
homophobic  
ignorant  
blind.

They say we're afraid  
of failure  
of truth  
of sight.

What if they're right?  
What if we've lost the faith  
through visions of self-righteousness?  
What if we're bigots  
and cowards  
driven by fear and hate?

What if they're right?  
Is that why we push to prove  
that we're right and they're undeniably wrong?  
Is that why we protest  
and picket and point  
and accuse everyone else of hate?

If we truly believed  
our faith was the answer  
wouldn't we spend less time defending  
and more time caring  
for the poor and the broken  
and those who are victims of their state?

We crucify an enemy  
we see all around us  
though they approach us  
with their hands in the air.

Imaginary demons  
a threat to overwhelm us  
when the demons inside us  
are the real enemies we share.

But we raise our guns  
aim at the defenseless  
call them attackers  
and fire.

What if they're right?  
Have we lost the faith  
we've defended so hard?  
Have we forgotten the call to serve  
to love and sacrifice ourselves for  
the ones that we've chosen to alienate?