Bringing Mae Flowers

First they came for the hungry;

I said nothing, for I had meat.

Then they came for the thirsty;

I said nothing, for I had drink. 

Then they came for the stranger;

I said nothing, for we didn’t meet. 

Then they came for the sick and imprisoned;

I said nothing, for I walked free. 

I said nothing when they came for

The tired, the poor, and the huddled masses.

I said nothing when they came for the least. 

But because I said nothing for my brethren–

There was no one left to say something for me.