When Two Elephants Fight

Human nature- where are you? Hiding in the lines of the loggers faces as they cut the trees to make this paper? In the bloated tummies of starving children in Sudan? In the cracks of the sidewalk where the homeless take cover? In the bottom of every bottle of liquor? The eyes of every neglected, beaten animal? Between the lines on this here page, with these words I write for rich children with stuffy parents? Human nature- remember when compassion led you around and nobody could shut you out because hearts were bigger then, before pills and drugs and sex and money and pride made our muscles bigger, but our hearts smaller. I carry my little glowstick and sign saying "Be Aware" because I can't change my blessings, and empowerment is my agent. I say anything that brings about change is good unless it is camou and 12-year olds with AK-47's, avenging the loss of their parents. African proverb: when 2 elephants fight, it's the grass that gets hurt... children are stepped on everyday as their adults make decisions for them with consequences that put guns in those tiny hands that used to spend their days picking flowers and berries and playing catch. Wide-eyed, hands to their sides, backs to the ground, these kids lay motionless praying not to be crushed by the massive elephant legs walking all around, so tall they can't even see their eyes. It's always the grass the gets hurt.