The poets are starving

And the rainbow leaps across the sky

The children are crying

And the trees turn green as the spring arrives

The mothers are weeping

And the animals gather into groups for gossip with their eyes

The men are asleep

They have put their guns away for now

When people come together
With gladness or with art
Our sadness and our madness
From us surely part

When people hold each other
And don’t fear letting go
Then two lovers come together
And still have space to grow

When people see each other
Not for what they provide
Then people know each other
For who they are inside

When people hear each other
Not for what they say but how they feel
Then we speak with compassion
And make what we say more real

When people write a poem
And share it for all time
Then people create a love
That can lead to the sublime

When people learn that hurting
Has made who we are
We learn to love each other
As one of many stars


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