It's Not Okay - a poem about hate

It’s Not Okay                                                     

By Stephanie Redmond copyright May 7, 2020

It’s not okay to hate

One another

Or each other

Because of skin

Or creed

It’s not okay to teach hate

Or spew hate

Or belittle others

Because they’re different from you

Or me

Or we

It’s not okay to be silent

And look away

Pretend not to see

Because it’s not me

Or mine

And act like it can’t be

Just because

It isn’t pretty

We are called to love

As God has loved us

Because He has loved us

It’s how we show the world

The love He has for us

ALL

We are all made in the image of God

Who loves us

And died for us

And commands us

To love

Our neighbor

As ourselves

Anything less is not okay