Would You Turn The Other Cheek?

 

Would you turn the other cheek? 

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I asked the sky if at all, mercy has memory, if God still counts the tears that dry on our collars.

I asked the cross if justice sleeps, for even Christ bled before He rose.

They say love your enemies, but this particular enemy feasts on the marrow of my bones.

They say pray for those who strike you, but my prayers echo against stone.

So tell me, Father, when the knife returns again and again, is my throat a sacrifice or a battlefield you have already abandoned?

Would you turn the other cheek, or would you finally clench your fists and whisper: Enough!

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