Love is patient, Love is kind

As a community the world enjoys speaking beautifully about love

But when our favorite song or RomCom is over where is the love we speak so fondly of?

Cause we hide it pretty well from what I can see

Just scrolling through Facebook shows people hate spewing

I’m on this side and you’re on that one

We get to have a fight but nobody won

“Your heart is so filthy for believing that side”

We shout in each other’s faces, while swelling with pride

This is life things don’t make sense.

But we look at others as if through a fence

We only see slits of who they really are

Maybe their religion, sexual orientation, or position on war

But don’t be fooled we like being hidden

If we weren’t we’d actually face what our words do

The consequences of our actions,

And the wounds our words inflict

If technology has done anything it’s connected us all

But only to the façade we slip through the holes in our wall

Keystrokes on a board, typing right away

Our identity has never been so shallow, or our fronts fake

What happened to being human, we used to share commonalities

Now all we do is fight

We say “you’ve got it all wrong, and I’ve got it all right”

Take a stand! Speak your mind! Be confident in who you are!

But be careful these ideas set you up with your humanity to ignore

Stop! Slow down. Take a seat for a second

Why are we so watered down that we only value who wins an argument?

The person on the other side is important too

They may disagree or even sit in a pew

But they matter; they have thoughts ideas and emotion

People to protect, tales of tragedy, and blood in their veins flowing

If you let it fear will convince you

 That strength, hate and force are the only way to protect you

 It is a great lie and serves a purpose

It lets ideas and thoughts deeply separate us

But still you project it, yell it at the top of your lungs

 Maybe even gather followers to praise you with their tongues

But are those people even thinking for themselves?

 Or are they just following what you say and the “values” on your shelf

Can you not recognize

That spewing hate on any person alive

Automatically makes you desensitize

To the cause you were fighting for on your rise?

This generation isn’t stupid; we know what we’re looking at

 We see the politics and manipulation in this big scary trap

But I say stop! Throw down your arms

Whether they’re fists, guns, words, or bombs

Throw them down and just take a minute to see

To see the deep similarity between you and me

We like to demonize humans and make them monsters in our minds

Then pretty soon instead of fighting the enemy, we’re fighting all of mankind

Fighting our humanity and wounding it straight to the core

 Its been going on so long we don’t know who we are anymore

And before you point fingers and say, “yeah you’re guilty of this”

Better look at yourself and think of what you missed

Think before you speak, listen before you act

Imagine the human your touch can impact

Everyone has caused harm all have made mistakes

How many does it take?

How many does it take to stop hate?

You’re a human and I’m a human too

Both just doing the best that we can do.

We’ve been given this life let’s not waste it fighting each other

Lets make a world we’re proud to let our children discover

What would a world like that even look like?

If we took our offense at others and cast it aside?
Can everyone love everyone all of the time?

Probably not

But recognizing our unity can give us the perspective to stop

Stop hiding and hurting

And start loving and caring

That’s what will change our world

And make it something to cherish and hold

The only hold up is that we must give up ourselves

To help someone else

You must leave your pride at the door

Are you willing to make that sacrifice to receive more?

Not more money and not more fame

More friendship, brotherhood, and ability to change

It’s a simple idea but the cost is great

Examine if you’re ready and lets change our fate

Less hate, less pointing fingers, less arguments

More compassion, more vulnerability, more lovingness

True unrelenting love across humanity

Now that’s something to sing about in a moment of clarity

“… the greatest of these is love.”

Love is patient, Love is kind