Let our children learn: A poem 

It would be fulfilling if we taught our children to discern 

Good from evil, right from wrong; that they thus learn 

At a nascent age, with wisdom and knowledge they burn 

Like bright fires; and make the world a better place in turn 

Innocence is pure but tragic; may with education they be inclined 

To be astute, judicious and prudent; and not toe the line 

Of materialism’s agenda, that will take them far from the divine 

So they be ambitious for altruism, and be pacifist in time 

Let righteous voices be louder than the noisome propaganda 

that screeches all over today; that in this needy precarious hour 

They bear the resolute will to act with justice and judgement 

And be prodigious in keeping alive God’s supreme commandments 

May needs be the objective, not the selfish urgency of desire 

Let there be hate for corruption and war; thus thrust evil into the pyre 

That such teaching brings the fight to each and every heart 

The price that must be paid to eventually bring paradise on earth