For being different to others there is some price to pay <br />That's how it is and it was always that way <br />Many good people executed for being seen as a social threat <br />Since Jesus was crucified and put to death <br />Our own praises as a race of people we often do sing <br />But a truly tolerant society there is no such a thing <br />Because of our laws them we do tolerate <br />But their culture with them we'll never celebrate <br />Our brave soldiers who died where the gunfire was loud <br />We remember and honour them and of them feel proud <br />Their courage when in great danger of them cannot be denied <br />And we are told that for peace and harmony amongst people they died <br />But the successes and culture of those different we never celebrate <br />Them we do not love though them we tolerate.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/them-we-tolerate/
