Whoever saves one life
Saves the world entire
The Schindler story
Talmud text
A truth to flame like fire
My life is so important
Your life vital too
The widow woman sweeps her house
A drachma to pursue
The shepherd seeks the sheep now lost
No rest until he finds
The lost and lonely animal
Restored to flock and kind
All life is based upon this truth
Each person’s value high
While heartless ideologies
Are practising a lie
War and want now threaten us
We argue and we fight
Let your life promote this truth
Don’t let it out of sight
Brian Fahy
3 November 2022
Erris Poetry 