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mosques and criminals

by Jared Fladeland

there is nothing in this universe purely evil,
nor anything pure good.

especially a building, that is no more
than bricks and cement,
walls and wood and steel.

especially a religion,
which is at most words on a page
or stories told through time,
meant to bring people together
to live a moral life.

even a person is neither good or bad
until their actions
either harm or benefit those around them.

and to judge someone who has done
absolutely nothing harmful
because of a label they are attached to,
is just partaking in the same hatred
that got us here in the first place.

08/17/2010

Author's Note: I should say, completely inspired by Daniel Ridge's Mosque @ Ground Zero

Posted on 08/17/2010
Copyright © 2026 Jared Fladeland

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Sarah Wolf on 08/17/10 at 06:23 PM

Very nice thoughts Jared. Thank You.

Posted by Jasmine Sword-Mann on 08/17/10 at 06:43 PM

Bravo, good sir! And thank you.

Posted by Jim Benz on 08/17/10 at 08:25 PM

well put Jared

Posted by Peter Humphreys on 08/17/10 at 08:54 PM

Absolutely right and so well expressed. Thank you, Peter

Posted by Laura Doom on 08/17/10 at 10:06 PM

Sounds reasonable to me, and reasonably sound as poetry :>

Posted by Frankie Sanchez on 08/19/10 at 02:01 AM

well said.

Posted by Laurie Blum on 08/20/10 at 12:13 PM

Powerful stuff Jared.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/23/10 at 07:50 PM

Succinctly well done. Thank you.

Posted by Karl Waldbauer on 08/25/10 at 05:14 AM

Excellent!

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