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 Harry Sweeden. My life in verse.

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The strong and the weak


The strong should be there for those weaker
to help if they stumble or fall…
and be wise of the strength that God gave them
for without it they are nothing at all.
But the strong won't understand of those weaker
and the weak cannot understand those strong
and so the battles just rage on regardless
both claiming the ‘other-side' is wrong.
The rights and wrongs have no answers
but the humanity in man has them all…
we should only use strength when most needed
and not just to watch those weaker to fall.


As a Jew I cannot condone the civilian
casualties sustained in Gazza.
No child should be acknowledged as collateral damage.
For every child slain a thousand enemies of Israel are born...
and as a Jew that affects me deeply.







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