Babes and Those of Theirs (Poem)

Babes, babes’ babes, and those of theirs

for decades to come,

All missing in action, an incredible sum!

Mostly for selfish reasons, their lives were snuffed out,

Voila!  Now we have the demographic fallout!

Decisions that are made one child at a time,

Accumulate to shape a new paradigm.

Rapid declines in once dominant races,

Now matched by immigrants from foreign places. *

And we are not alone in this societal flip-flop.

So many places report their own demographic swap.

In developed and developing nations alike,

Natives-for-immigrants sagas continue to spike.

Problems start when immigrants don’t assimilate,

Pressures then mount when they start to repopulate!

Natives bemoan the shifting cultural tide,

And revolt when losing jobs for which they vied.

But there is one key thing natives love to forget,

The one thing on which I wish they all would reflect:

Long ago, before they became today’s native,

Their ancestors came and took first natives captive!

Across generations, to all, God extends Grace,

But receiving it, we then respond …in disgrace.

Grace we received to become natives in a once new land,

We now short-circuit as some immigrants we seek to band.

Babes, babes’ babes, and those of theirs

for decades to come,

All missing in action, an incredible sum!

Perhaps in His Grace, God only seeks to replace,

The babes and those of theirs we still sinfully erase.

Say what? You don’t think God’s concerned

with immigration??

The Bible is all about people-land connections,

And people who, like us, sacrificed children selfishly.

From their lives, may we draw righteous lessons objectively.

Thank God for immigrants!!!

May we welcome and treat them well

as the potential treasures they represent. 

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* An old web search indicated, since 1973, the US had reportedly aborted nearly 60 million children, and had received nearly 60 million immigrants since then. Aborting one child erases countless generations that child likely would have produced. Only God can count the people who will never taste this life because of the tens of million children we have aborted. May God help us to come to our unselfish senses. See: Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S. Since 1973, and Abortions by Race and State

As of September 2021, a reported 670,000 Americans have succumbed to Covid-19. Imagine the generational losses from those who departed in the prime of their lives. Imagine the socio-economic losses to our economy!