Learn To Love

• Keeley Hoffman, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2015

Conflict breaks us, Built up frustration
Anger waiting to explode
Can't you see what this will ruin, has ruined
War, fighting, Ruining this world
Ruining lives, Families
Sadness rules
This is breaking something, Something special and rare
Like shattering a diamond
Shattered into a million pieces, Never to get back what we had
If we stop for a while, We can see what could be the future
See the ghosts of the future
See the full diamond, Shining in it's full brilliance
Friendship not fighting, Care not killing
Help not hate
Peace not pain
Learn to love