NOW AND THEN

   A holy battle rages.
   As combatants fight for ground,
   symbols of the conflict
   and its casualities abound.
   The principals are Then and Now.
   The battlefield is mind.
   Those who side with Now can see, 
   but those with Then are blind.
   They're blind because they look at Now
   convinced they're seeing Then.
   And, not forgiving that which was,
   believe they see again 
   the past, which they cannot behold
   because it isn't there.
   And so they've lost the battle 
   being simply unaware
   that Then is meant to hide from Now 
   the world forgiveness knows.
   And so, the conflict cannot serve 
   the purpose they suppose.
   Still, the struggle rages on.
   Now sounds the battle call.
   And Now the battlefield has claimed,
   as Then's supporters fall.
   But as they stumble, hosts of Now
   assist them each to rise.
   And lifting them beyond what was, 
   repair their sightless eyes.
   For when the hosts of Now
   consider Then, they must forgive
   to see the world of Now
   where they and Then's supporters live.

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