IF I WAS UNKIND OR HATED....

If I hate.. I hate that you are hurting.
If I'm unkind.. I am unkind because I told the truth..
If I hate.. it is because you were wronged.
If I'm unkind.. it is because I could not take the cruelty.
If I hate .. I hate because you were hungry..
If I was unkind ..it was because no one else would speak for you.
If I hate.. I hate that those with food, clothes, homes and riches were blind.
If I was unkind .. I screamed in your defense..
If I hate.. it was because you were always the last in line..
If I was unkind .. I defended your honor.
If I hate .. I stood on the corner and shouted at those who lost feeling for humanity.
If I am unkind .. it is because the man who lives in the gilded tower has no understanding of your plight ..
So I will gladly be the one who hated and was unkind.. because I reached out to  you who suffer ..
It was commanded of me ..

Patsy McNutt Morgan
02/21/17