RIGHT AND WRONG

Why do we fight?

7 billion rights

7 billion wrongs

Is it any wonder we don’t get along?

Since we were babes we were told

By our ancestors moral code we were schooled

So depending on who raised you

What environment nurtured you

All of it affected you

Formed what you believe true

We think we are the ones that got it all figured out

Ready to make a declaration or an accusation without a doubt

As if with our view can see every perspective

We’re certain on what complies with the moral objective

Only our religion and its prophets know the truth

Our sense of social appropriateness is considered couth

My culture’s way to live is the best

What is cool to me is better than the rest

We all want to feel assured that our way is right and we’re good

In this black-and-white world it seems this is the way we should

We all get caught up in duality

Seeking order and reliability

How to live out our morality

Dubious deliberating through diversity

Considering countless circumstances confuses certainty

Hot and cold, black and white

How about we set our sights

On a warm and colorful field

75 and sunny

With red roses and yellow daises

Where we could meet

Out beyond right doing

And wrong doing

Rumi invited us there

To step outside the black and white

The obsession with who and what is right

Here we’ll discover our inherent inter-connection

Celebrate shared human values and propel evolution

Everyone desires and deserves freedom, health and safety

We all value contribution, happiness, expression and equality

Everyone can experience these life qualities

If for everyone we hold them equally

No one is fully free unless all are free

This kind of care comes easily

Consideration flows naturally

If you believe we’re really

One big family

We can repair this division

With euphoric unification

We can all learn to lead with empathy

And experience healing and peace from this resolution remedy