Trying to Love

It’s arduous to think of others when you’re trying to survive,

to share bread with a stranger while your child weeps for food.

It’s arduous to think of others when you’re trying to survive,

It’s arduous to think of others when they threaten your life,

to stretch out your hand to a person while his hand holds a knife.

It’s arduous to think of others when they threaten your life,

My mind wants to write a poem that will teach me the way

My flesh wants to survive even it means others will die

My mind wants to write a poem that will teach me the way.

And I can’t write a punch line for this.