(70) Works of Love
II B
“To love one’s neighbor is therefore eternal equality in loving”
Why do some who have religion
Feel they are superior?
You’d think that it would be forbidden
So in reverse make them inferior
When we acknowledge “love thy neighbor”
Such falsity must simply cease
In that we change behavior
And in ourselves find peace
The concept of the highest
Is steeped in our bombasity
This is often an educated bias
Devoid of our true veracity
Does learning teach to love the other?
Or just beloved pomposity
To yourself become your lover
In a well-tuned sophistry
Awash in our self-admiration
By dint of our degrees
But they give no preparation
For love’s doctrine to make free
The true state of our humanity
Is in our equality divine
We can’t see that in our urbanity
Without the love that constant shines
In the height of our intelligence
We reach the depth of our stupidity
Deny ourselves God’s presence
In our educated rigidity