River of compassion

If compassion is a river of peace

We can allow to flow

Let our souls bathe deeply in these

Healing waters

Let us open to the truth

That we are both

Human and vulnerable

Capable of the worst

Even as we try to do our best

Broken sometimes by the things that fragment

Unable to see the sun or rise

On those days where our inner fire seems to have

Died

Trust in this knowing too

There are those out there who struggle

Just as you do

For this being human

Is often challenging

Sometimes heartbreaking

No one has the monopoly on peace

And the best that we can do

Is open ourselves to receive the healing flow

Of this river of compassion

Bathing ourselves and each other

In its healing waters

Drinking in the sweet relief

Setting our wounded spirits free