{"id":106,"date":"2014-09-20T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2014-09-20T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:52:10","slug":"how-pitiful-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/poems-by-patrick-carpen\/how-pitiful-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"How Pitiful We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe hate our brothers, sisters and ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe become extremists:<br \/>\nForm groups and fight among ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe think right is wrong and wrong is right.<\/p>\n<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe hurt our parents, children and our spouses.<\/p>\n<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe form our own deranged ideologies<br \/>\nOf how things should and should not be<\/p>\n<p>How pitiful we are<br \/>\nWithout Jesus in our lives<br \/>\nWe become the devil&#8217;s playground:<br \/>\nHe makes us his toys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/spirituality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spirituality by Patrick Carpen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bible<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How pitiful we are Without Jesus in our lives We hate our brothers, sisters and ourselves. 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