The Ask

What then, can I give?

To a world hurting on paranoia and fear

What chance does a small feeling of hope have against these walls

I ask:

Can I give love? Or perhaps time?

What can I give

To a world scarred

What can I say to despair as it continues to ravage hearts

What then, can I do

In a world so focused on the wrongdoings of others that it forgets to look for light

What then, can I give?

I answer:

That which I can give, is my mind

My choice to denounce hatred

That which I can give, is my heart

For in it lives a well that can heal and rebirth the new

That which I can give, is my hope

For in it is the unfulfilled promise that the scarred world can acknowledge its pain and wrongdoings, and choose to rebuild with compassion in its DNA

So what I can give, is the chance to change

And what I can give, is me

 

- The Ask