For the Better

 

On my study wall hangs a portrait

of a man, his son and a family of refugees

Walking with their meagre possessions

Syrains in a foreign land; a people in despair

They are displaced souls the victims of civil war

this family is one of millions throughout the world

crossing borders, leaving family and friends behind

 

Can any good come from such a tragedy?

 

Africans, young and old, women and children

in unseaworthy craft risk life and limb

To cross a sea for a better life, for peace and security

Palestinians huddle in refugee camps

dispossessed by the forces of occupation

South Americans flee the drug barons and cartels

and face a wall blocking their path to freedom

 

Can any good come from such a tragedy?

 

Such unprecedented movement of peoples

a clash of cultures, religions and tongues

Where if any are the signs of any good?

Human resilience and ingenuity will win the day

People will live and thrive anew

all will benefit from these diasporas

Living and working and being together

we will exchange and change all

for a better world

Only faith is the prerequisite