Coming to peace

i hate you, humankind.

your war. your power.

you are so dangerous, humankind.

so intelligent, so foolhardy.

it is confounding, humankind,

that you are at once so hopeless,

and, equally, so hopeful.

so judgmental and so compassionate.

so powerful and so small.

i hear you, humankind. i see you.

your ardor. your grief.

you are so excitable.

it's your ruin and your rise, humankind.

to be so passionate.

you are so expectant.

so inventive. so beautiful.

just as you are

i love you, humankind.