Clementa Pinckney and the Tipping Point
I do not think that I exaggerate
That we have reached a tipping point in race,
When suddenly the retail giants state
That on that flag, they've done an about face.
Clementa Pinckney was the real deal,
The politicians on both sides agreed:
When welcoming the killer, though he sealed
His fate, he followed, thus, his Lord indeed.
Who knows the things that then went through his mind
To have that stranger in their midst right there,
And yet, he knew his call was to be kind,
And thus he offered up his life in prayer.
The others, too, in seeking to protect
Their loved ones, who were in the line of fire -
And so from them, they sought the evil to deflect -
To higher natures help us all aspire.
Somehow this week the politicians knew
The truth, which by such acts of love appeared,
And they will make official what is true,
For peace, sometimes you give up what is dear.
Scott L. Barton
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