there is still water, clean and clear
and fresh that falls and collects
nourishing plants and quenching thirsts

there is still sunshine, bright and warm
sustaining life and encouraging growth

and there is still human kindness
amid tears and fears there are hugs
and there are hands reaching out to lift
trying as they can to do no harm

strangers smile and greet each other
in places where no bombs explode
or bullets pierce or blood is spilled

songs of praise still reach rafters
in churches, stadiums and hymns extol
the virtues of peace that passes understanding

look for these and to these and see them
see them always and hear them speak and sing
and stare defiantly into the face of death
refusing to acknowledge his pull or hold

for we are Humans, all of us and we have
nothing to fear but ourselves and we have
nothing to lose but everything to gain
in the calm stillness of now knowing
none is alone