Take a Stand

It's time to put differences aside

And think about what we have;

It's time to let go of all the pain

And the things that make us mad.

It's time to unite a single voice

And to work our way towards peace.

It's time to forget we're not alike

And to make all hatred cease.

It's a time for life and love and faith;

For hope to be born anew.

It's time to see commonality

In what that we say and do.

It's time to reach out a helping hand

Not expecting a return.

It's time to get that which is deserved

Without having it be earned.

It's time that we understand ourselves;

All our foibles and our fears.

It's time to release our senseless ire

And to wipe away ours tears.

It's time to believe that we can do

Whatever needs to be done.

It's time that we committed ourselves

To finally join as one.

For if we refuse to take these steps

And let things remain the same,

We have all lost the right to survive

In what's left of life's last game.

We are the children of one great God

Who has only one command;

To love one another as ourselves

And to take that final stand.