“Selective Outrage”

Bells toll, we’re told of a unique loss, have reverence for the passing of the Pope.

Peace to he who ceased to condemn his own priests, denying thousands of children hope.

Open eyes and ears more than your mouth, seek truth and you shall find.

What’s worse, what goes on behind closed doors, or the consequence of closed minds?

How blissful it must be to form an identity where lacking empathy is no more than a joke.

Hive minded critique, all but unique, concealing prejudice behind the usage of “woke”.

Expect masses to accept there’s kindness in blindness, how can anyone question the divine?

A Holy right of return, scripturally deserved, prioritised over lives that call home, Palestine.

Solely those of your faith practicing life your way, have a soul deserving of heaven.

Go ballistic at simplistic mental gymnastics, akin to sin beginning on October the Seventh.

Pay attention to who is deemed worthy of mention, our entire world has children in desperate need.

Freely choose whatever news is of importance to you, but don’t pretend your heart equally bleeds.

To be silent subjects of the politically correct, makes us casualties of intellectual terrorism.

Spammed and programmed by a filtered fakery, vocal authenticity is modern day heroism.

Doesn’t “Know thyself” mean to question your being, the most difficult journey one can pursue?

After all, besides the group identity you’ve been moulded into, just who exactly a person are you?

Condemnation of ills committed by your group, requires humility and embracing inner-bravery.

No different to accepting the historical truth, that many African chiefs sold their kin into slavery.

‘Lest we forget’, but atone for those who fought for their homes, a memory we can never forgo.

‘Lest we forget’ those enslaved for centuries of pain, but honestly how far back do you want to go?

Your pain is ancient history, we were all once slaves, religion created a civilised conclusion.

God forbid any change to the current status quo, how dare they want diversity, equity & inclusion.

Pray to Him from the East, painted as though from the West, an unintentional change of ethnicity and race.

Accept without indecision the one true religion, there was no malice when we replaced our saviour’s face.

A perfect book with all queries answered, perpetual, Prophetic-wisdom inscribed on each individual page.

Pious minds enraged more by questions than truths raised, what is the solution to this selective outrage?