Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Romero’s Glasses

Faith
Hope
People

A hero

Oscar Romero

Protecting poor, oppressed people

From unimaginable hatred and violence

Dying but not killing, denying guns their power, risking the violence of love

Conserving tradition at first for the greatest, seeing through your glasses at last for the least, feeling the hunger of unpaid workers, knowing poverty

Holding the tears of the disappeared, calling all to view the body of a slain priest

Building up humanity, tearing down injustice

“In the name of God, stop killing...”

Death, crucifixion

Life again 

People

Love

Peace


- Trevor Scott Barton, Fibonacci Poems, 2019

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