We've made it all too difficult

We've made it all too difficult;

putting ‘goodness’ out of reach.

We’ve locked it in a velvet vault;

giving keys to those who preach.

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The simple choice of right from wrong,

and treat your neighbours well,

shouldn’t filter weak from strong

or determine where we dwell.

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When the simple act of ‘give and take’

is reduced to a special kind of creed,

we miss the point, for goodness sake,

for good is just and just is good indeed.

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Good is not a destiny to contemplate,

nor is it the key to a closed estate.

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© Tim Grace, 9 January 2011

Revised 20 August 2021