FOR THOSE YOU LOVE ( I STAND) Poem by: Tammy Niemi
I look when others refuse and turn away, and when others are silent I at least stop to pray.
I cry the tears of the mother and the child, and I feel the sting of those rejected and reviled.
I force myself to confront the self inside of me, when I view the little gods and their atrocities on TV.
I have lost sleep due to the visions in my head, of those I have seen butchered and the seas made by their blood red.
Being politically correct protects the bottom line, but it also tells us that cancer is harmless and benign.
Everyone demands the truth but so few there are that tell it, and hatred is a BDS and damn you gotta sell it.
Orange jumpsuits on a beach or striped uniforms and tattooed numbered arms should sound deafening alarms,
Souls march to a death undeserved they are the walking dead, the world watches and then tucks their children in a safe bed.
Apathy and indifference harden hearts and erect the endless fence, while the refugees flee to cities of tents.
I don't want to get involved it doesn't affect my life; don't bother me with these things I don't want to hear of strife.
These are the words that I have heard as well as deafening silence. I feel like a David in the land of many giants.
The world may ease their conscience feeling convinced that they are good, but there are those of us who do what we should.
We speak when our voices tremble and crack, we stand on legs of jello and we feel the strength leaving our back.
We feel the blows of hate filled words and the pain of betrayal, but we have humanity and that must prevail.
History will condemn us or heap upon us praise, whether we are silent or with our voices raise,
The cries out for those persecuted for their faith or murdered for it
too, when you do so for the least of these you do it for Him too!
Freedom is not cheap nor is liberty free, and yet selfish ambition has taken away our humanity.
Speak out for a daughter or a brother, and cry out for the grief stricken father and mother.
We feel overwhelmed and devoid of power but this is a moment to become our finest hour.
Lock arm and arm in solidarity and do not run and hide, stand up against the darkness and against hatred's tide.
Fight for your children's future and for their fate, do not let evil win and do not hesitate.
If you don't know what to do at least contribute aid, and don't let a day go by where you haven't at least prayed.
I stand before God trying to do my best, praying and speaking out and not getting much in rest.
Although what I do will never be enough, I pray God will be pleased and say you didn't leave when it got tough.
I am not the smartest person, not strong but I have taken up the fight, because I cannot turn away I have to do what's right.
Lord please strengthen and give courage to those dying for you, forgive us Lord for we know not what we do.
May I be counted as worthy when I stand before Your throne, as I take up their persecution as though it were my own.
May my feeble attempts to be a conscience and a voice, be your heart and compassion and make your heart rejoice.
We have seen the horror of the Holocaust and genocide, in the past, and now the present, and this I cannot abide.
I am my brother and sister's keeper and with that the flame, may my life be the light that gives glory to your Name.
Yeshua You endured a battlefield for souls,defeating all of hell, may I hear the words that I have done very well.
I ran the race, I endured and I did not turn away, Father please
deliver all of us from evil and in our hearts make for You a way.
For those you love I will do my best to stand, please help me to be like you and please Father hold my hand.
Please comfort and give love and rest to the persecuted tonight and may their freedom come with the morning light.
