Of Hope and Rhymes

Can we legislate morality

Or is heart’s pull at the core

If no law can fully end a wrong

Then what is law even for?

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Law reflects the health of governments

Shows the nation right or wrong

So we ban such crimes as murder, theft

That we may safe walk along

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Good laws protect those most at risk –

Pauper, stranger, fatherless,

Some safeguarding those yet unborn

Of all people most helpless

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How can those who preach life’s sancity

Seeking laws that hold babes dear,

With the next breath say “they just need Christ”

Who walk our same streets in fear?

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Recognizing wrongs, injustices,

Using different sets of weights

Valuing some lives as precious

With a blind spot truly great

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For once born their value varies

Based on merits earned in life,

On nation or group of origin

On risk of their spreading strife

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For all of these souls Christ shed His blood

For them all calls us to care.

Dare we risk comfort, safety, and wealth

To live out the faith we share?

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Copyright Jonelle Liddell