Justice Without Compassion

Is careless love more fair

than cold justice everywhere?

Humans have a strange theory

of which we lovers are leery.

Rewards and punishments may seem

a nightmare instead of a dream.

That’s why our utopias fail

and democracies seem so frail.

Founded on democratic law

our utopias have a flaw:

They leave out the power of love

which humans should be conscious of.

When we can love our enemy,

indifference may keep us free.

Walt Abbott–11-4-2009