SOME

"Some stood up once.....    and sat down.
Some walked a mile....      and walked away.
Some stood up twice.....    then sat down.

              I've had it, they said.

Some walked two miles.....         then walked away.
                It's too much, they cried.

Some stood and stood and stood.
They were taken for fools
They were taken for being taken in.

Some walked and walked and walked
They walked the earth
They walked the waters
They walked the air.

Why do you stand.....     they were asked, and
Why do you walk?

Because of the children, they said, and
Because of the heart, and
Because of the bread.

Because
The cause
Is the heart's beat
And the children born
And the risen bread.
-Daniel Berrigan

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Photo is of the Japanese-American memorial in Washington DC.  It was taken on 3-20-11.  It is a memorial of the time when the US government put all citizens and residents who were of Japanese background, in concentration camps.  They also took away all of their property.  After the war, they were released.  This was a huge civil rights violation, and I have no doubt that the US government would do it again - and the US citizens allow it - if the same conditions arose.