If we could learn

To encourage

To care, to love

To want better for

One another

The world would be

A much better place

If we could stop

The greed

The desire to own

The need to put

Each other down

The desire to only

Care about

Those who are

Like ourselves

If we could only agree

To stay out of

Each other’s way

Pain, suffering, depression

Or health, love, hope

Our future’s clear

But these lessons

Are so hard to learn

I don’t understand

Why can’t people see

That working together

Is better than

Tearing each other down