I make lunches
I wash tiny hands
and Ukraine is so far away
but not really.
if China is sick
the whole world is sick
if Russia is at war
are we not all at war?
If one is in pain
we are all in pain
but some of us can climb up on top
and some of us get squashed below
and what can I do?
nothing.
but hate doesn’t drive out hate—
so hating doesn’t help.
Love does.
Love sits, love listens.
Love waits. Love sees.
I know these things for sure:
God is good.
I am not God.
That’s good.