What is this fertile ground
Where hoods are removed
And torches lit?
Where these actions and words
Of violence and hate
Reverberate across the earth?
Where radicalized 20 year olds
Fed on hate
Can take extreme views
To their conclusions and kill?
Is this an exposure
For all to see
The faulty foundations
In need of repair?
We cannot move forward
Until we address
The underlying decay
Made evident by recent events
Is it force upon force,
Violence answering violence
That will do this work?
No, that will only destroy
What is good and best
Instead
Call the elders
Listen to the truly wise
Study their words and their works
The ones who know how to love
To overcome evil with good
To push back darkness with light
The ones who have done this work
Can shine a light that we all
Can follow.
© 2017 Julie Clark
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