there is only one race <br />of people, the human race! <br />the leaf that's green <br />in the springtime, <br />that turns to red and gold, <br />then to brown, and falls... <br />is always a leaf! <br />the human heart, <br />regardless of skin color, <br />language, or faith, <br />is the same in each of us. <br /> <br />when we fight and kill each other, <br />we are killing ourselves. <br />what we take from those less fortunate, <br />we take from ourselves. <br />what we hate, and fear, <br />and dont understand, <br />is the darkness inside of us all. <br /> <br />all life holy, all life of equal value. <br />any system that judges <br />and seperates by color or beliefs, <br />by economic conditions, <br />is corrupt! <br /> <br />the emptiness inside <br />is the suffering shared. <br />the final responsibility, <br />to each and to all! <br />the search for the self <br />begins and ends, <br />in the eyes of those we encounter!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/those-we-encounter/
