Tell

 You tell your sons, “Be good, be kind,

And if they threaten you, don’t mind

Or else they’ll find a cause to hurt or kill you.”

 

Tell your daughters, “Please take care,

Don’t let them catch you unaware,

Or bear forever that with which they fill you.”

 

Tell your fathers, “Don’t complain

At life, the world will give no gain,

Just strife to stain the path you tread unwilling.”

 

Tell the mothers, “Only weep

For only time will tell where we

Like sheep will now be herded for their ‘shilling.’”

 

Tell the proud and powerful, “Pay

The price. Pretend no more to pray,

But stay and see the broken lives fulfilling

All your lies” – destroying love,

Denying hope in God above,

Defining law, a gunshot, done…

…Unstill me.