Compassion

Humanity's ego, to resort to violence To settle conflicts makes no sense, And yet we still have not learned The art of peace, for which we yearned. To love our neighbour as ourself And to put grievance on the shelf Could this be in our gracious hands? To bring compassion to troubled lands. With each hill we have to climb Life is lived one day at a time. Let the tears of yesterdays storm Bring a smile to a new day born. For everything to be humane We need to be compassionate and sane Too lightly on lifes scales Compassion weighs and prevails.