Let's Try Love
The world is a cold place.
The powerful conscript
the poor for war
so that profits soar.
We see an eagle
and think how majestic
never stopping to analyze
what we're left with?
How pathetic do these
prophecies have to be
before God intercedes?
It's up to the Us's.
The you and me's
but today I woke up
not wanting to see who won
the midterms
but who's holding a grudge
in his hand there is a gun.
Shooting will persist.
This division will continue to split.
Red and Blue our greatest divide,
how did we end up being
so one color focused?
I'm glad for whoever won.
It's not the winners
but the power I fear.
I feel powerless living
at the behest of someone
else's mercy.
Those mercies that say
her body is not hers.
My antibodies aren't fine.
And documentaries
I choose to watch
have to be scrutinized
and remain hush-hush
so that we stay so out of touch
with what made us American.
We've fallen a mighty long way
from great days.
Honestly,
we can no longer hope
to stay the same.
We've changed
slipping ever so closer
to the point of greed
is all we'll know.
We argue instead of listen
and place ego juxtaposed
to healing and say
one step is too far away.
Love thy neighbor
as we love ourselves
was the second best statement
ever written
But utterly fail at following the first.
Our love is devoid of reflection.
I see me in you.
I recognize your pain.
I acknowledge your hurt.
Now, lets find our worth.
It can't be separate but equal.
Can't be two sides of the same coin.
We need to bleed
like cooper in penny.
One of one and solidly so.
Not so easily disregard
but all voices heard.
Turn down that megaphone.
Let the soft spoken be heard.
It's funny. I voted for a President that called me un-American and today was the first time I choose to forgive. We carry the sins of social media longer than we'll ever know.
Unfortunately, I came to deliver a message but no one was home.
They were either celebrating a victory
or loading a gun.
Nobody wins if all of us lose.
Let's try love.
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