When suffering under harsh yoke
It’s not enough just to be “woke”
The pain that we feel
Though surely it’s real
Has to do more than provoke

Instead we must learn to convoke
And reason with those that us choke
When my enemy
Sees Christ in me
The cycle of hatred is broke

Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he observed that the city was full of idols. So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

Acts 17:16-17 NASB