The intolerant demand
That others tolerate
Their abuses
The tolerant soon become
Slaves
If they allow intolerants
A different code
A different mode of behavior
Than "Do unto Others"
Or "Be Excellent."
For unchecked abuse
Creates monsters
Those who mutilate
The young and old alike
Those who force feed drugs
They do not take themselves
Those who prey on
Other people's children
All the while saying
"It's good for them."
But once the intolerant
Gain power
The only way to restore equity
The only way out of hell
Is to make intolerance
Untouchable
And the only ones who can
Are the intolerant themselves.
The risk however
Is that once made gauche
They retain sufficient power
To like Samson
Bring the walls down
On friend and foe alike.
Sodom was intolerant
Arrogant, insistent
And even Lot's wife succumbed
In its utter destruction.
Babel too was intolerant
Of any who did not speak
The praise of its majesty
And like the naked prince
Its fall was immediate
And Earth scattering.
Yet Noah tolerated
All the laughter and mockery
Until the rains came
And like the little red hen
Fed only those who had believed
And earned the golden ticket.
Intolerance is an affront
As it by nature breaks
The Golden Rule
As if there were no authority
Big and strong enough
To pull the plug and the rug
To champion the meek
Make strong the weak
And remove the blight
With the writing on the wall
Or Herod's worms.
Yet be not one
To fight the intolerant fire
With dragon's breath
Of your own
For by so doing
You have joined them.
The blameless leave judgment
To the judge.
