Misshapen cotton ball clouds hang over a night time sea
lit underneath by humanity.
Stars elicit emotion, winking million-year-old light
into the eyes.
Waves crash-swish, crash-swish, earth’s eternity
turning shells to sand, emotions to dreams, hopes to love.
Chill breeze, warm hands, lips, hearts.
Crash-swish, crash-swish. …
I am human
so are we all.
THIS is the tie that binds
our humanity
though some deny it.
Too many deny truth
clinging like leeches to the body
sucking, draining, parasites of hate
unable to look within
to find the truth of it ALL
not just their own perspective
falling prey to divisiveness
glorifying in it
reveling in it
and the many untruths.
Hate upon hate upon hate all
based on incoherent perceptions
lies, half-truths, the words of those who would separate
for their own use.
None are so blind as those who would not see.
Is hope lost,
lost to us all?
When you march, screaming obscenities,
loving hate, loving violence,
and nothing more,
not even yourself,
you even kill your own hopes
as well as those of humanity.
j willis sanders 