Writing for the Good of Each Other

Writing for the Good of Each Other by Milton Lee Norris

Write about wisdom, write about wit.
Write about freedom, and write about knowledge.
Write for humor, write for joy, write for laughter, and write about tears.
Write about the gayness, which is in your heart.
Write about sorrow and write of regrets.
Write about birth and write about death.

Write about blessings, and of being grateful.
Write for fun, and write for life.
Write about what the spirit fills you with, be it laughter or be it sadness.
And what is sorrow, what is friendship and what is love?
Oh write about those words and share them.
Write for being just who you are, and share it with all who will read or listen.

Write for birthdays and write for all celebrations.
Write about Christmas and of a New Year which follows.
Write about Easter and write about Mother’s Day,
Then write about Children’s Day, and about Father’s Day after.

Write about winter and write about spring.
Write about the frost and write about the cold.
Write about the summer and write about the fall.
Write about the chill and write about the warmth.
Write about the dew drops on an early morn.

Write about opening with the beginning of each new season,
And write about opening up with the birth of your children.
Write about opening up from the shyness within,
Then write about opening up of your heart from inside.
Write about giving and write about sharing.
Write about the rain and write about the snow,
Write about the hail and about the wind that blows.
Write about the storms and those foggy days.

Write about the flowers and write about the trees.
Write about the dirt of the earth where we live,
And write about the sand where many children play.
Write for the sun and write for the moon.
Write about the morning and for mourning within.
Write about the darkness and of the light which shines.
Write about the daylight and of the nightfall coming soon.

Write about the energy and of sickness within.
Write about health and of being in good cheer.
Write about somberness, and of the kindness within.
Write about our hopes and of the dreams that we share.
Write about honor and our integrity we share,
Then write about shame and the disgust we should feel.

Write about the meadows, the valleys, rivers, oceans and the falls.
Write about the mountains and write about the streams.
Write for kin folk and of strangers we meet.
Write about peace and of harmony within.
Write about the lives, which we discriminate against.
Write about those lives, which we could have shared too.

Write about the hellos and the greetings we receive.
Write about the goodbyes, be it long or short.
Write about the greetings that we never share,
Then write about the unkind words of which we sometimes speak.

Write about the words of being gentle, kind, warm and gay,
Then think of how you feel when greeting a stranger in need.
Write about a friend, and then write about an enemy.
Write about a lover, then write of being gay.
Write of being truthful, and of the lies that were told.

Write about the harm, and of the lives that were destroyed.
Write of those lies that were told as if they were truths.
Write of those murders which were committed without shame,
And write of the rapes of children, and of women and of men.

Write about the truth and not just what you see.
Write about the discrimination of each race you observe,
Then write of their hurt, their pain, their suffering and of their loved ones lost.
Write of those gays, who could have been your friends,
If you had just been willing to open up your hearts.

Write of those friends that lost their gay friends,
Because they were too ashamed to speak out against you.
Write of the torture and write of the pain,
Of lives lost too soon, yet you did not grieve.

Write of the blood on the hands that are stained,
Then look and see how many hands were those of your friends.
Now write about friendship and of what friendship is,
And ask yourself are those murderers your friends too?
When blood stains their hands, how clean do they wash?

Write of those blood stained bodies, then of your own blood stained hands.
Write of their agony and of their misery and pain.
Write of the Blacks and other minorities that you mistreated too,
And then write of the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender,
Which you scorn everyday.
Now ask yourself, isn’t the price they paid just a little too high?

So many lost their lives and many tears were shed;
Write of the tears that you never shed.
Write of the pain that they must have felt,
Then write of the pain that their love ones still feel.

Now write and continue to write,
But this time please write of opening our hearts to include all those we meet.
Let’s write of opening our arms to all that we touch.
Write about love and write about the laughter,
Write about joy and write about the beauty which is in our souls.
Write of the delight of making new friends,
And write of saying hello to someone different than you and me.
Amen