Hope For a New Generation

The death of a saint, a martyr to some The death of a hero, a husband to one A soldier turned humanitarian, he cared for all He attempted to hurdle that natural barrier, to climb that human wall To give up his dreams and aspirations To relinquish his will of self-preservation To benefit all of human kind To alter how we interact, to change our time Such a task he set upon with stalwart dedication He preached caring and forgiveness, not revenge or vindication He loved all regardless of their color, religion, or creed He served everyone, just as he had served his country With a fire and passion not seen in lesser men He truly understood what it meant to be human Yet not everyone shared his vision of peace More blood was spilled and the fighting did not cease He carried on despite the pain of knowing so much He often relied upon the love of his family for a crutch But there is a point at which every man breaks His feeling of failure overwhelmed his need to be great However even in his darkest hour, his hope did not falter His compassion was renewed with the help of a different altar A belief built upon the hope that people can change He had experienced so much, developed such a broad emotional range It seemed that he was ready to change us all What a tragic thing it is when greatness does fall Alone in the darkness of his room the killer did sit The hero was shot and killed by a man who was painfully desperate Seeking a greatness of his own He wasn’t satisfied with the world he was shown And so died the dream of the hero, this saint The martyr departed and his fire burned faint Yet hope never dies It is in everything from the way we believe to a newborns cries We would do well to remember that ordinary people have had extraordinary dreams Amongst all this bloodshed there is more to life than it seems We are all here together, for what purpose we do not know However if we recognize those around us, we can always help each other grow To always be working towards that next step, to be supporting that re-birth For love is all around us and it is the most important thing on Earth