Your Actions Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I am not an insect,
Suspected to exist without feelings.
Every cell of life I reflect and exhibit,
Has a purpose.

Nor am I less intelligent,
Than those who may detect...
They have been blessed with more than me.
Or that I have no thoughts to think,
As some may perceive and believe this to be.

The only difference between my presence and yours,
Is your desire to start conflicts...
With your neighbors and on foreign shores.
And even if I might regard this as ignorant,
You are the one trying with your attempts...
To prove, and at your expense,
You have been bestowed with superior intelligence.

And this is a difference,
Your actions have yet to prove!
And this is a difference,
Why I choose to think of you as a fool.

I am not an insect,
Suspected to exist without feelings.
Every cell of life I reflect and exhibit,
Has a purpose.
And yours, I hope, is to not destroy Earth.
Nor the rights of those,
Who have been blessed with birth to enjoy it.
No matter what you've been made to perceive,
With your destructive beliefs...
Inflicted by religious affiliations!