Of Causes and Consequences

Be the excuse

Race, tribe

Colour or creed

We must

Never forget

It is man who

Rather than

Use his

Little grey cells

To lift and

Celebrate

His neighbour

Is wont to

Deliberately

Mis-employ

The precious matter

Training them

To maim, afflict

Ravage and kill

Instead.

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Voicing

Ugly words

Forming

Dangerous weapons

Creating

Crazy situations

Dividing, subduing

Breeding

Enmity, jealousy

Causing

Evil passions

To rise, fester

Then take

Chilling shape.

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Battles fought

In wars both

Won and lost

Havoc wreaked

Dynasties devised

Empires constructed

Then collapsed

Genocides

Committed

Memorialised

Never forgotten

Yet repeated

All the same

By wannabe

Desperate

Despots.

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Man

Vainly striving

To rewrite

Purposes

Deftly carved

In stone

With the Hand

Of One

Who is all

Knows all

And cannot lie.

Man

Unable to grasp

That hate

Must die

Evil

Fade away

Because

One thing

Never has

Or ever will

Change:

We exist

To love

And serve

Each other.

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Therefore

Even as we

Yearly recall

The awful

Unforgettable

Indignities of

Blind hatred

And bigotry

We quietly

Confidently

Thankfully

Embrace

The promise

Of a perfect future

With our

Benevolently

Loving God.

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#RemeberingTheHolocaustEachAndEveryDay

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📖 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.

Psalms 135:4 NLT (YouVersion)

💬 Primo Levi - Scientist, Memorialist, Holocaust Survivor

📷 'Yemi Akinbulumo