The Parable Of The Good Samaritan Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

We live in difficult times
Covid-19 disease has brought us misery
Death of loved ones is our daily breaking news
We are forced to bury them in haste
According to social distancing rules
Even the number of attendants is restricted
We cannot even have a last glimpse of our beloved
We can only weep on the cold floor of life
Death has become synonymous with our daily bread
We are enveloped in misery
Now I am forced to go back two thousand years
And be in the presence of Jesus Christ
When he was asked "And who is my neighbour? " Luke 10: 29
This is the parable of the Good Samaritan
It is as relevant today as never before
We have to open the curtains of our blindness
And re-look our neighbour in the eye
We have to know that humanity has no neighbours, only God
We have to search through our entangled membranes of being
And remove all the hardwired habits that keep us from each other
We have to drink from the river of life
And pour ourselves into the goblet of humanity
Instead of fear and hopelessness
We have to deliver compassion and unconditional Love
At the doorstep of our neighbour
Our friends needs us
Our fellow human beings are desperately in need of us
This is not a time to cling to selfishness
And raise the flag of race or tribe or religion
This is a time to climb the pedestal of hope
And be the Light of the World
This is the right time for Good Samaritans everywhere
To come and heal the wounds of humanity

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