Staircase of Change
Location
One last chance
To defeat, to conquer, to win
One last breath
To save, to struggle, to survive
Two more words
Be safe, Be kind, Be resourceful
Two more actions
Love and Harmonize, Help and Give, Play and Laugh
Three last visions
Of ashes, bodies, empty streets but for the dust
Three last hopes
Of a world with no war, no regrets, no pain
To wish for the impossible
This wish comes in three complete steps.
I know, because I favor them each day.
I know, because I create them each day.
You must acknowledge
What there is to be done.
You must say
What there is to be said.
You must dream
What there is to be dreamt.
I acknowledge
That the world is in pieces
Families left for dead in the street
Scattered, broken, torn apart
By a war no one seems to have control over
I say
That we must end this undefeatable force
Of horror, destruction, death and despair
By joining together as a community
That has been spread oceans apart
I dream
Of the day we can join together
As a people united across oceans
Not by our freedom, our culture, our faith
But by our pain, our loss
For we all have lost
And so few have gained
And so I must acknowledge, speak, and dream
For the day where we all gain
And none will lose
I dream, I speak, I confess
That the change in this world
Comes not from fighting and defeating
But from loving and sharing
And that is what I wish to change in the world