Say their names
St. Mary
Greater Union
Mount Pleasant
say them again
if you dare
each one
a space where
history mattered
children welcomed
elders buried
and marriages blessed
in short, a community
based on a shared faith
and common experience
and what will this space
be now? Will the hatred
shared with these people
bring them to doubt and fear
or resolution and determination
will the hate be contagious
or will love have vaccinated
them? Will they build a wall?
No, they offered “Mr Firestarter”*
a chair at the table. Easter
came early.
*”We love, Mr. Firestarter…” – Rev. Harry Richard, Greater Union Baptist Church
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