#WeAreOrlando: More Humanity & Change Can Begin With Each Of Us

I have no words for my country Not sure of the words exactly… What to say to help us heal This tragedy to our country is so crazy, I kept thinking this can’t be real Orlando, Orlando, this terrible tragegy has impacted us all We’re all praying and crying for you to stand tall We’re here for you, feeling the pain, left without words Praying to God for peace, justice, some love to occur But it keeps hitting me Inside, I feel it, can’t seem to speak what I want to say How could the world completely change in a single day?   (Photo: iStockphoto) (Photo: iStockphoto)   The number of deaths keep adding up and I can’t seem to keep track The number of families and loved ones impacted, too many lives by such an unthinkable act   Seeing the tears and pleas Brought me to tears and to my knees Brought me to writing this, asking us all to see See that hate never solves, it only divides us all as much as can be We shouldn’t discriminate, hurt, cause terror, or make others fall We each are connected, One action affects us all They leave us all speechless and unfathomably numb The pain, the heartache, it seems too much to bear Especially seeing a mom realize her child will never again be there   Every time I turn around, there’s another one it seems People putting forth hate, terror, anything mean What is wrong with people? Don’t they realize we all are connected, intertwined in fact   You shooting one life, makes us all feel the lack Lives so precious, with so much meaning to many around Lives taken too soon to have to go six feet underground I have no words, The destruction, the hate, the evil done by their hands We all are left to question, trying to understand   How can we replace evil with love and move forward for change? How do we change what’s happening and become more humane? How do we pick up the pieces of everything that’s lost? How do we get rid of the evil ideologies that are false?   The hope, the peace, the grace from above I believe it exists on earth and within But we're the ones who have to bring it forth and let it begin We have to be the change, like Gandhi once said We have to love, never hating instead   Let us create this change, heal wounds, and help one another Let us see the boy down the street or across the world as our brother Let us be unto others as we would want them to be to us Let us not walk in evil, but instead, love, humanity, and trust.