Transcend The Turmoil (A Prose Poem)

There are always more than 2 choices.
When the left and right are at war,
When Yin and Yang tear at each other
Insisting everyone play their game,
When everyone says you must choose a side,
Friend or foe,
Good or bad,
Right or wrong,
Remember the third option.

There is always the option to transcend
To rise above the noise, the hatred, the fear,
To find commonality above the fray,
To realize one cannot exist without one’s opposite.

To transcend is to play one’s part without friction
To play one’s part without ego
To say what must be said without anger
To do what must be done without violence
To walk the path without condemning those on other paths
To blaze a path which all can follow.

If you have found the path, walk it.
If it is the higher path, people will notice.
That’s how you change things.
Don’t try to control
Aim to inspire.

There is more to life than the game
More to us than one side
More to you than to be someone’s enemy
There is no enemy
There IS NO enemy
Just humanity