Respect
22 February, 2010
Author: Mark Spencer
We demand respect from our peers,
With the right to be heard.
We want no judgment in return,
About our choice of words.
Whatever life we choose to live,
You dare not disrespect.
For we will march it down the street
Of any who object.
That seems to be the attitude,
Of many folks today.
Instructing those who disapprove,
To get out of their way.
They shout profanities in song,
And sell it to our youth,
They teach their lifestyles in our schools,
But fail to see the truth.
The truth is, they do not respect
The souls they might offend.
They curse the ones, who take offence,
And proudly condescend.
They say religion has to go,
As does it's righteous ways.
They say that God should be removed,
Cast from the public's gaze.
They want respect for what they want,
But give none in return.
They rail at those whom they reject,
When their lifestyle is spurned.
For centuries religion ruled,
Its verdict never budged,
Today the left assumes that role
On everything it's judged.
They scream offence at signs of faith,
Their judgment will not bend,
Insisting that they not be judged,
By those their ways offend.
If you demand respect from me,
But don't give what you get,
Then yours are like the vain pursuits
Of any hypocrite.
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Comments on this poem/writing:
| Megan (166.205.8.142) -- Monday, February 22 2010, 02:46 am I live in California, and deal with this attitude all the time. Thank you for writing this. It needed to be said. |
| Aretha Franklin (69.157.0.105) -- Monday, February 22 2010, 06:48 am respect? Gee - in this day and age - isn't that an antiquated word? ...but I RESPECT your writing!!!! Ditto. |
| Mark Spencer (172.129.187.2) -- Monday, February 22 2010, 01:06 pm No more antiquated than the human race will be if we don't learn how to revisit the ideals of the past. |
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