Have you ever stood still and felt?

by
Joni Pulido

Have you ever stood still and felt

An overwhelming tenderness
A deep sorrow
Watching the world as you know it
Collapse in one great rubble?

Will you feel rage and hatred?
Will you feel compassion and care?
Will you think how you will make them pay?
Will you think how you can help them heal?

When you greet fire with fire

You make a gigantic ball
Until its big enough to topple
Everything on its way

Have you seen fire greet calm water

And meet in tranquility?
The great fire quiets as its passed
From one calming presence to another

I am not a great hero nor done any great
deeds

But this much I can be, a bearer of hope
To let the pained souls know love is possible
And maybe the great ball will quiet as its
passed

From one loving heart to another