All around us..

I stop.
I see.
The pain all around,
The pain in the air.
So many reasons to,
So many ways to,
give up.

People hurt,
with hope lost.
The type of hurt few people understand.
The world we live in,
The life forced on us,
suffocation,
barely living,
barely breathing.

Destruction all around us,
People are hungry,
people are dying.
The lack of control,
Finding anyway to express themselves,
searching,
yearning,
for equality,
in essence... love.

It's hard for me to,
see this,
and have zero control of,
any of it.

A cry of help,
Please, give one.
Life is worth living,
Please, stop and see it.

We are by products of,
Society,
those we grew up with,
our parents,
the community around us..
Right now,
Today is,
One of the worst on record,
for so many people,
in many ways.
It's not lost upon us,
please, reach out,
let someone help.

Be the weed growing between the cracks in concrete.
Beautiful.
Because it's not supposed to be there.

There may be more reasons to give up,
Than to not.
Don't.
recognize that the trillions of people on this planet,
Have felt what you have.
Pain is apart of the human condition.
That makes you a legion.

Find a way to press play on your life again.
Maybe it's just a smile to a person around around you,
or a friendly Snap to an unsuspecting person.

Try to accept your differences,
your flaws,
in that- you will find an endless beauty,
bc you are unique.

Today may be dark.
Full of pain,
Full of hopelessness.
But today isn't tomorrow.
A simple truth,
Yet.. profound.

Try.
Lift your head up.
Smile.
Remember something good.
Then take your first step forward.