One Sound

As we walk along the pavement
and feel the breeze blow on us.
We encounter each other
through the foundation.
Rocky or smooth,
dirt roads or concrete.
Promenading to the park, office, school, or factory.
That foundation connects bridges from across the sea.
Grows trees from around the world.
There’s no telling how many stories are rustling through the leaves.
In that harmony
we create movements,
working to compose a never ending peace.

We have all come to know 
the bitterness of sorrow.
Where we were asking ourselves- when will it be over?
When will this darkness fade lighter?
We are all at a juncture where everything is changing 
from our climate down to our being.
But we endure it like no other.
With the hope that our tears did not stream in vain.
That our children's hearts will become strangers with pain.

We covered it with love.
Shared our compassion through a simple gaze in each other's eyes.
Communicating that we have all lost something.
Whether it was opportunity or the touch of a loved one's once warm hand-
Now covered in layers of dirt and coldness.
We catch the desperate search for progression.
Striving for a solution to stop the deterioration of our nation .

It is that love that holds open the door to a smile.
And that cool breeze that carries the whispers of-
thank you, shalom, gracias, namaste, merci. 
Travelling to sooth our minds.
Always on one foundation, earth.

As we walk onto different paths,
We embrace each other's pasts.
Endeavoring to improve the conditions that we inherited. 
It is that determination that tells us to do better for each other.
To keep on leading, building, discovering, learning and teaching.
To begin every morning with the sharp belief 
that everything will be made better, 
as long as we keep stepping together.
For we are the light that fades all darkness.