be kind to each other

 

i breathe in deep thinking of you and the pain in your heart,

the angst in your mind, the dwindling spirit within

 

we are all riding the rising waves and the ebbs of life, 

as we witness the hate of war and the blood on the hands

of those in our own back yard

 

mine eyes don’t close at night thinking of what you and i

are being witness to, at this present time

 

shedding my tears has become a diurnal event for those who

have lost their children, their mothers, fathers, sisters and

brothers from the barrel of a gun

 

whether it be from war or in our children’s schools, shopping

centers, it is all because of hate

 

let’s meet today on the streets, at the stores, at the front

steps of our children schools and look into each other’s eyes,

recognizing our shared anguish and pain

 

life’s natural travails are heavy and arduous enough without

the pangs of a disdain for one another

 

be kind to each other, we’re in this together~

 

is your heart like mine

 

is your heart dishearten with sorrow, like mine, when you

hear that children’s lives were stolen by the hand of one

with a gun, one who has also lost himself in this World that

has given way to no longer valuing ‘life’?

 

is your mind, like mine, disenchanted where the concept of

hope and wishes, that ‘man’ has not progressed beyond

thinking that killing and war, guns, are the means to

resolving one’s conflicts and eliminating the woes?

 

and if this be so, that you also are befuddled, then we are

in the same state of mind and heart, our spirits are mingled

in a common entanglement, sharing the similar angst and

anguish

 

being aware of this, we must hold each other’s hand and

walk slowly together to mitigate this burden alone, this

anguishing pain, and gather our resolve to make our lives

better, but more importantly, for our children and theirs…