At Least It's a Start...A Poem for the Time in Which We Now Live

At Least it’s a Start

Only Love can change a heart

Give it a try, pretend if you have to

At least it’s a start

Every time you hate a piece of you dies

Fear and pain filling you with lies

Turn off that demon spigot

Making you a bigot

See others for who they are

Accept them, love them

If you feel uncomfortable that’s OK

At least you’ve given them life, given them a say

Love is all the same

No matter who shares it, it’s beautiful

No blame, no shame

Only goodness in your heart

Fake it if you have to

At least it’s a start

Life’s not a zero sum game

Lifting up others doesn’t make you lame

Empowering others doesn’t make you less

Giving others a chance makes you your best

Judging others doesn’t make you righteous

Being right with God means social justice

Don’t suffer the tragedy of perfection

We are all leaky buckets

Love can seep through the crevice

Let it flow everywhere

Let it flow from us

Diversity is empowering

Stop sitting back cowering

Spread love to the diverse

Create a rainbow in the universe

People play on fear and insecurity

They use it to take away others’ liberty

Don’t let your faith be mean, don’t let it be lean

Faith is big, big enough to let everybody dream

People need to be who they really are

If they can’t live their truth, they’re hurtin’

I can’t feel what they do but of this I’m certain

JC accepted all, the ostracized, the criticized

people at the margins who were disenfranchised

Try a little compassion, fake it if you must

Lose the nasty judgment, let it turn to dust

Why are you hating when JC’s proclaiming

Don’t throw that stone, bring them all home

You don’t know love if you’re hating and you’re baiting

Appeasing your own pain by denigrating

Love is patient, love is kind

Love is meant for all humankind

It’s time to let your hate unwind

Christians Jews and Muslims

Along with all the others

Are bound together all

All are sisters, all are brothers

Until you learn that God is Love

Love for all you see

You’ll flounder aimlessly

On the wrong side of history

So give love a try

Only love can change a heart

Pretend if you have to

At least it’s a start.