Dear Faithful Neighbor

Breaking news the land of the free is now broken Our Divided States of America is turning third-world Who let the government place their destructive hands over my fragile uterus The ones who preach Love thy neighbor as thyself They celebrate in the House of God whilst the ones next door enter Living Hell Jesus Christ loves his little children But does he also love his little black women struggling to make ends meet working three jobs to save up for stability and a runaway from her daily beatings from a man turned into a monster who says “We’re pregnant” instead of “She’s pregnant” Because he knows exactly what it’s like to carry a growing life inside heavy with the burdens of responsibility She’s not ready to nurture a life Instead she’s tethered to his gaslighting because she’s “nothing without him” “I’m so sorry” she says to her newborn son forced into the brokenness of our world Mr. Pastor preaches the unborn deserve lives yet fails to preach of those already born The gays the disabled the oppressed they scream into their pain of unacceptance The children who never return home from school due to the cost of a bullet The black men on death row for a crime they would never commit The Chinese grandmother beaten to death while picking fruit at her local grocery store Because the ones who preach love thy neighbor as thyself simple choose who their neighbors are They say love is patient and love is kind But Good Lord Can love extend beyond our beliefs Can it be of open mindedness and empathy Because to be a loving neighbor is to be one who truly loves all