Behavior

          When the Children of Israel Fight

When our children   with each other  fight,
Should we just wait  to see  which one will win? 

Like Nature, we could say:  "Survival of the Fit"  or
Let he who is without stone, cast away  first sin.

Like children, countries fight  without a thought,
The Golden Rule..   now forgotten words He taught,

Reduced by nations  just like feuding brothers,
An abbreviation now, it's only  "Do thee onto others."
                                                                                            
   (Recent times we've heard  and seen it worse... 
    It's "Do thee onto others, and also do it first!)    

So in the East,  at home, and in the World,
We should keep  behavior  as an ally's flag unfurled,

 And rather not  the misbehaving friend, 
  Nor country ~ who's behavior ~ would bring life to an end. 

 -- Greg Molenaar, 10 August 2006
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