look at your hands your beautiful useful hands you're not an ape you're not a parrot you're not a slow loris or a smart missile you're human
not british not american not israeli not palestinian you're human
not catholic not protestant not muslim not hindu you're human
we all start human we end up human human first human last we're human or we're nothing
nothing but bombs and poison gas nothing but guns and torturers nothing but slaves of Greed and War if we're not human
look at your body with its amazing systems of nerve-wires and blood canals think about your mind which can think about itself and the whole universe
look at your face which can freeze into horror or melt into love look at all that life all that beauty you're human they are human we are human let's try to be human
Human Beings
look at your hands
your beautiful useful hands
you're not an ape
you're not a parrot
you're not a slow loris
or a smart missile
you're human
not british
not american
not israeli
not palestinian
you're human
not catholic
not protestant
not muslim
not hindu
you're human
we all start human
we end up human
human first
human last
we're human
or we're nothing
nothing but bombs
and poison gas
nothing but guns
and torturers
nothing but slaves
of Greed and War
if we're not human
look at your body
with its amazing systems
of nerve-wires and blood canals
think about your mind
which can think about itself
and the whole universe
look at your face
which can freeze into horror
or melt into love
look at all that life
all that beauty
you're human
they are human
we are human
let's try to be human
At the center of your being you have the answer;
You know who you are and you know what you want.
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