What I Choose (Poem)

“SO EVEN THOUGH WE FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW,

I STILL HAVE A DREAM”.

I look around me to see

The empty spaces once filled by all we’ve lost:

People gone; land destroyed; dreams themselves dying,

And wonder can we bear this cost?

But I also pause to hear

The many voices that sing out a common song:

Notes of lamentation, but woven with threads of laughter and hope,

And remember that love remains strong.

There can be all manner of destruction and devastation,

But I will not forget the outstretched hands, the kind acts, and the courage of community.