Like Pharisees who strain at gnats,
like blind men by the way.
we have dissected rule and law
in stinging exposé.

We have built our guarded walls
to keep the others out,
self-righteous in our mode and thought,
exclusive in our doubt.

But all the while we boast and shout
exalting favored creeds,
we’ve laid aside the Royal Command
that Christ our King decreed:
that “Thou shalt love,” and on that love
base every word and deed.