I don't promise it's good, I

[angelic_wonder]

How can you say,
there is another way?

How can you say, there is no other way?

I don't understand the pain in your eyes,
though I want to cradle you, and somehow your pain,
because I'm just not sure what else I can do.

here in helplessness, I look for a way out
past these trees
past the air, the looks, the suggestions that say
that we don't belong

past everything that stratifies our differences
into something unbearable

I don't think they've considered how beautiful it is,
I don't think they understand.

I don't understand,
how we can miss something so precious
how we listen, give in to what's tearing us apart

We don't need to fight, we don't need to hate
we don't need to be angry - we need to take a stand
for something that spares our lives,
for something that offers us life

for something that will stand us united,
withstanding the prejudice, withstanding the greed,
withstanding the pain we continue to breed

so please take a hand,
and reach out around you -

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