No comprendo

there are things that must be felt to be understood

Things such as discrimination

That until one has had a deep dark taste of

One simply can not fully grasp

So

To try to force people to be "politically correct"

To try to right wrongs

To try to correct problems

By forcing people into classes they don't want to take

Taking their "rightful" place and allocating it to another

Be it jobs

Education

Housing

What have you

Just seems to fester more hatred

Breed more contempt

Do I have the answer

No. no I don't

But I know it can be accomplished with compassion

More than by force

It can be gotten to by reaching people where it count

In their hearts

By making people see how much we all have in common

But the system isn't set up for that

Society runs contrary to getting along

It runs contrary to cohesion

And as long as we keep hating each other

Fostering contempt for each other

It will keep going

Down this vicious path

And the only way to truly curtail it

Is individually

One person at a time

Fighting the tide

Opening the doors of acceptance

Of understanding to another

So they may enter

When they are ready

And only

When they are ready

And accepting that some may never come to it

May never come to it at all

And being alright with that

And moving on

To affect change where we can

How we can

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For my people at Standing Rock

God be with you

For the people of Allepo

God be with you

To those suffering

Destitute

Innocent

My God be with you

My God be with us all

And guide us to find our own best version of ourselves

To shine the light on the path our soul most wants us to follow

The path to love

The path to our divine selves

The path of courage

May compassion reign

May peace be attained

May love abound

May acceptance And understanding be ever present

And may God lift us all out of the darkness