Always Be

clouds make a blanket in the even sky

bright stars are like glistening eyes

whispering wind carries jasmine scent

aged oaks sway with their great limbs bent

the paths that we follow are hidden in the night

if we can ferret them out with our might

we shall sound the trumpets and horns

alerting all on the planet what he warns

but darkness and tumult we must set aside

war and hatred are not the way:  they lied

we must love and accept the differences so small

hold our neighbors’ hands, the stranger so tall

that we give to each person, just like me

and our future, so sure, ‘twill always be