October 23, 2021

Each morning is new New color of skies and water New light falling on leaves and plants along the road Mystery and beauty unfold as

First, we give guns in the hands of immature And then expect them to act mature! First, we instill hatred and bias among cultures And

Daunte Wright was twenty Innocent yet robust Full of dreams and wonder One shot from a woman officer Accidently? Killed a son of a loving

The year 2020 has brought realty of our humanity We are grateful as now we know We are divided inside and outside globally We have

Killing and lynching is being repeated, We are not human if our eyes are not welled up Or our hearts are not full of tears

Imagine we are all caterpillars Climbing into our own cocoon By universal ordinance We must hang in there Isolating from the rest of the world

The world is going through a shuffling A big shuffling! Trying to separate legal and illegal citizens Some are picked up Deported as banned citizens

As I hear about the riots Burning humans and homes I beg my community to forbear and be patient Forgive and forget on one side

Today someone died in my family Yesterday the death in your family Are we square now? The vigil in the remembrance Of three beautiful bright

Do not lose faith in humanity It is a vast, limitless, spread-out ocean It does not get dirty with a few drops of dirt at