Who?

Who will speak when they’re told to keep silent? who will act to uncover the lies? who will stand against prejudice, hatred, and fear when it’s safer to cover their eyes? When the right path is long and uncertain, when the mind disagrees with the heart, when it would be so easy to follow the crowd who among us can travel apart? We face hatred,cruel bigotry, ignorance, and the treacherous whispers of doubt but the true challenge is, in a battle like this, you can neither back down, nor lash out Then is there an easier option? there is, But I think you will find that apathy is a slow poison, quite painless, that weakens and deadens the mind And if there’s a price for resistance far greater the price of defeat for we are connected, all part of a whole divided, we’re all incomplete So where is the hope in this struggle? are we truly so lost in the dark? is there then no light at the end of the poem? “Keep courage and an open heart.” We all have the strength to be heroes we’re imprisoned, but we hold the keys it takes courage to love unconditionally, but that is the foundation of peace.