'Even good police
are afraid to go up
against bad police.'
we can call this
good cops
bad cops
but the truth is evil hates innocence
evil is not a myth
beatings murders planned
committed deliberately
are not acts of spontaneity
they are premediated hate crimes
perpetrated against innocent
people by people who choose to hate
persecute instead of help love
their fellow human beings;
we who fail to speak for the innocent
strive to protect the innocent
are guilty of failing to protect
to advocate human rights
we who fail to save the innocent
or force authorities to punish the guilty
to impose justice
due to indifference or cowardice
are guilty of complicity;
in beatings and murders hate
filled people cruel despicable commit
ultimately we must choose justice humanity
righteousness and what is good
or injustice inhumanity evil and that which is bad
do not excuse or justify evil
the time to choose
between the old cliché right
and wrong is always now;
Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Universally, Police everywhere seems to have a acquired a status of an evil. Very pathetic. Good eye opener. Thanks for sharing.