'Let not this fill your hearts with hate'

Let not this fill your hearts with hate
Let not this stop you dancing, singing, playing

This earth on which you lay your flowers of loss
is bruised and tender
The willow weeps
But still it grows in splendor

Underneath these concrete paths
Rivers flow
Entwined our branches far and wide
Drawing water from deep courses
All flowing to a human sea

Make it not poisoned
Drink from the earth with love not hate

Let not this fill your hearts with fear

Let not this stop you dancing, singing, laughing, playing

Protest, stand up, speak out
Sit together in candle light
Find comfort in each other

Sita Brahmachari