Who can be saved? <br />So many can be saved - <br />A rich man and his family, <br />They can be saved. <br /> <br />But who can be redeemed? <br />Only souls enslaved. <br />Only those sold <br />Can be bought back again. <br /> <br />Those who purchase minds and souls <br />By sermon, fear or flattery <br />May not petition for redemption <br />Or ask how it will set them free. <br /> <br />Those who traded on South Africa <br />While Mandela worked in jail <br />Those who issued bonds of war <br />While Iraq's children died in flames <br /> <br />You who claim to be redeemers <br />While disowning fields you've sown - <br />The lands you've stolen, slaves you've owned - <br />Will pay in different currency <br />Than any you have yet controlled. <br /> <br />Until you've lived in servitude <br />To justice and its wondrous law <br />Until you are the slaves to truth <br />Redemption is not yours' to know.<br /><br />Frank Bana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-can-be-redeemed/
