You Tell Me - Spoken Word

You tell me

It cannot be so

You say

Simple hands cannot change the fate of humanity

I say humanity is a boundless absorbing heart

Transcending death and generations and centuries

Absorbing bullets and stitches and tear gas

Enduring humiliation

And illegal abortions and thankless jobs

I say to you

The heart of humanity has not and will not be broken

And let us raise ourselves like lanterns

With the millions of others

With the mad and the forgotten and the strong of heart

To shine