They hide
Their dessicated hearts
Behind a book
Speaking venom
With a smile
Quick to levy blame
On others
Casting ill will
Upon love
They forget
The power they assign
When they scream
That I am sin
I am the flood
I am the storm
The earth trembles
Where I stand
No more
And no less
Than they
Equal in our frailty
Equal in our faults
While some hide safe
And smug
In their houses of straw
And preach hatred
Forgetting
We are one body
And one love
Will lead us home – Caroline A. Slee