He Had A Dream

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate…Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

He had a dream

That one day

The violence

Would end

That the world

Would become color blind

But here we are

Self Destructing

Violence upon violence.

An eye for an eye

Eventually leaves us

All blind.

He had a dream

That his children

And grandchildren

Would be able

To walk

Safely

Down the street