On this day I wish
For lesser violence in this world
For men to embrace humor
And none of that at Charlie Hebdo
What's a god if not godliness
In every human heart
What's a religion
If not dedication to a light
That shine a path of goodness
When evil abounds
That radiates kindness
To those fallen on the ground
It's easy to scream and shout
It's easy to stamp everything out
A man stubborn with his beliefs
Is like a cactus sitting proud
A desert barren of others
Is unlike a garden of hues
Where birds and bees frolic
Where the world constantly renews
Love is not easy
Love is not hard
One just has to open up
A stale, malnourished heart
For it is better to May-pole
Round and under we go
We're not so different after all
When we laugh and sing songs of old
Instead of bullets and knives
Instead of blind ambition
Let's just feel like family
And build a better global nation
- by TC Lai, 14 Jan 2015
