some goodness got away

hatred walked into a bar
it stole some souls today
but i hold hope in all of us:
some goodness got away
some rescued
some risked
some got away

and i have to think

there’s more of us
than them

 

hatred walked into a bar

intent on senseless slaughter

and we learned something
about ourselves:

they were all
our sons and daughters

 

the victims the saviors
the escaped and the haters

they were all our sons and daughters

 

© 2016 kStan(ly) Lanning
picture by geralt, courtesy pixabay.com
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