Saint or Sinner

Mother Theresa, save the children.
Be their beam; their guiding light.
Show them by your pure example
Good from evil...right from wrong.
Keep a distance from their praise
That you may not be vainly turned,
And hold your candle in the air
So you may lead and not be burned.

Had young Adolph known your wisdom as
A growing Aryan child,
How much grief might have been spared
A World beleaguered and beguiled
By his charisma at a time
When hope wore out and hearts were sore;
Finding audience to lead
A world embattled, primed for war.

Worlds apart, yet oh, so near;
Subtle differences abide.
Choosing between saint and sinner;
Sailing off with evening tide.

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