Linda M. Crate- Three Poems

let's heal the world in love 

 

my soul is restless

it just wants to touch the

backs of stars

dance across inequity 

burn away pain, misery, and hate

until only love, peace, and

kindness remain;

i want to dance in the staircase

of heaven,

and make this world a better place

one worth living in

just want to dress the faces of everyone

i touch with a smile

to remind them only love can change this world

for fighting hatred with hatred hasn't done any

of us any good—

why can't we embrace peace,

is rage and our ego and our rightness

more important than being

kind or right? 

i was never accepted for being me,

and so i try to accept others for being themselves

because none of us can choose who we are

we simply are,

and each of us is beautiful in our unique ways;

just like there are many different animals

of various hues

so are people and we are all gorgeous—

i don't understand the need to hurt someone else

blowing out someone else's candle

doesn't make yours shine brighter.

 

let us truly love 

 

everyone is guilty of something

no one is innocent,

but we are beautiful despite our brokenness

we can't so far that we cannot be

forgiven;

but hatred can never drive out hate

evil cannot be repaid for evil

without blinding

the entire world and if it is hard for them to 

see with their eyes how can they be

expected to see with their

hearts?

we have to be forgiving and less prone to revenge

less driven to anger burning hotter than fire

if we don't respond with offense

we can kill the flame,

drown it in the waters of love;

i wish we could all embrace peace and kindness

for in the end

love is the strongest force on earth

the only one that can 

grant us wings

when we've been broken beyond repair

for love forgives all things.

 

be the bigger person 

if we could respect one another

instead of throwing insults

with relish and relief

perhaps we could see the power of words

can truly be more profound

than our inaction

words can cut deep into the heart and leave

scars,

and if we can't help one another

the least we could do

is stop hurting one another simply for the pleasure

of being right;

in the end only kindness matters

only love can endure us,

and hate cannot be destroyed with hate; 

so i will stand on these pillars of love

pray and live and kiss away

all the sorrow that i 

can

because we all deserve a better planet

to live on,

and i must be the change i wish to see in this world.