Love Thy Neighbor
by Marco Katz Montiel / October 12th, 2025
Felicia Sanders said, “I forgive you.”
Three simple words, but so hard to pronounce
When the first thing a mother wants to do
Is look at her son’s killer and denounce
Him to the world, and call out for vengeance.
Fellow parishioners came to forgive.
They showed us a moment of transcendence,
And that true believers know how to live.
Resonating for years until this day,
When Latter Day Saints go out and labor
To raise funds for a family as they say,
“The shooter’s wife,” we know, “is our neighbor.”
Often, Christianity’s sliced and diced,
And then we see this example of Christ.
Marco Katz Montiel composes poetry and prose in Spanish, English, and musical notes. He went to college late, and then alienated one university by publishing about bigotry on campus and got kicked to the curb by two others for his union activities. Still, Marco managed to graduate and even publish a book on music and literature with Palgrave. His essays, poems, and stories appear in
Ploughshares,
Jerry Jazz Music,
English Studies in Latin America,
Copihue Poetry,
Camino Real,
WestWard Quarterly,
Lowestoft Chronicle,
Dissident Voice, and in the anthologies
Cartas de desamor y otras adicciones,
There’s No Place, and the
Capital City Press Anthology.
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This article was posted on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
