Revenge
- When fear is rife and stalks the land
Striking where there is no cause to resent,
Our impotence curdles into revenge
Portrayed as justice for the innocent. - Then we become the terrorists we abhor,
Striking an enemy we cannot see,
Who then becomes a victim innocent
Of crimes against helpless humanity. - Without revenge the spiral tapers off,
And outrage lifts the innocent and weak:
Even just wars are futile set against
Jesu's command to turn the other cheek.