Osama

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.   Proverbs 24:17-18

what can be said

for one such as this?

he was not a coward,

he was not a hypocrite,

he was not a crazed madman

hungry for power;

in many ways he was everything

most of us dream of being;

fearless,

committed,

standing firm in what he believed,

openly declaring war on an enemy

more powerful than he,

paying the consequences for his actions;

“for all who draw the sword will die

by the sword.” Matthew 26:52;

late night comics gleefully mock,

anything for ratings and cheap laughs,

children, drunk and spoiled,

dance in the street,

chanting words and catch phrases

for which they could care less,

celebrating his death like some super bowl

or national championship victory;

just another excuse to party;

I do not mourn your death,

you reaped what you sowed,

you deserved better,

your victims deserved better too,

rather I find it sad that one such as you

could be deceived,

unable to find the truth,

swallowed up by the darkness,

blinded by the hatred;

it makes me wonder what hope there is

for the rest of us.

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