B'tselem / In the Image

[for my sister, Claudia]

We are all created
"in the image of God,"
why don't we act like it?
Why do men
disrespect women,
and disrespect
each other?
Why is there
perpetual war,
and cruelty?
Why is there rape,
domestic violence,
poverty,
and prostitution?
Why is this world,
long ruled by greed,
self-destructing?
Why does ignorance
laugh at wisdom?

We have forgotten
who we are.