Shall we try to end hunger?
Shall we ty to end war?
Shall we end pointless
name-calling,
finger-pointing,
and just try to get along?
Shall we move forward
to better tomorrows,
futures built by all hands
not only those victorious
from days gone by?
Shall we learn from each other,
compassion, humanity,
importance of culture –
importance of acceptance
of race, religion, creed,
ethnicity, gender,
gender preference,
socioeconomic status,
the bride’s side, the groom’s side?
Shall we endeavor
to make the earth last –
to stop placating plastics,
to stop blowing away
beautiful mountaintops,
to stop tearing down
wizened old trees,
to stop covering everything
with asphalt and concrete
in the name of necessary progress,
while we’re looking forward, too?
Shall we tell the stories
that makes us who we are,
that make us who we’ve been?
Shall we stand side by side
so that hatred does not win?
Shall we live our best today
because nothing else is promised,
nothing can be borrowed?
Shall we try to be our best selves
for now, and evermore?
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