During our Advent retreat, the YAGM Hungary group joined with other young adults for a workshop with Phiren Amenca. The poem below serves as my response to the world and to myself.

we live in a world that moves

in a fast paced society

with little regard for community

connection is being destroyed

souls emptied

of what once was considered

humanity

when hate crimes go

without consequence

without regard

for another community

in the name of what

is claimed to be “right”

when men and women lay on the street

giving up their dignity

being vulnerable

relying on a society that refuses to look

beyond their rose colored glasses

and see the people

crying for help

for someone to see

someone to respond

Break my heart.

so I can see

beyond the barriers

beyond the walls

beyond the words

and into the eyes

of what is so blatantly

staring me in the face

Let me forget

what is “right”

what is “wrong”

and instead remember

what a life is worth

daring to step out

of the conforming society

and search for that spark

of love

and light

buried deep within

my heart.



Copyright © 2015 [Aliyah Richling]