War

I wonder
When faith
Became
A war

Us vs. Them

I don’t know

What God asks
Of others

But God

Hasn’t asked me
To enlist
In an army

The Lord’s army

Any army

To make

Protection
Of boundaries
The trademark
Of my faith

I am not

At war

I am not

Afraid of differences

I do not

Feel threatened
In the least
By my fellow
Humans

All I know

Is I was walking
With God
With others around me
And somehow the walk
Turned into

A march

A protest
A movement
I never
Signed up for

So I am

Continuing
The walk
But separating
From the march

Walking

On my own
With a different philosophy
About what
God came
To do

About how

God would act
If here

I don’t

Think God would hide
Behind a barricade
Shooting arrows
At those who
Live differently

I think

God would walk
Among people
Unprotected, unthreatened

Loving them

Hearing them
Honoring them
 
Not warring with them

Just inviting them
Peacefully
To walk alongside