In the Air
By Michael DeCamp
9/15/2025
Hate is in the air
Swirling, twirling
A whirling tornado
Death and destruction
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Drones dropping bombs
Rifles on rooftops
Bullets through
stained glass
Empty stomachs and
dying babies
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Revenge begets
revenge
The blame game
Coercions and cover-ups
Spin, baby, spin
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Friends divided
Families fractured
Neighbors at odds
Broken hearts and
broken lives
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Political cancer
Eating us alive
Consuming our spirits
Devouring our souls
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Apathy floats
Empathy sinks
It’s not safe in the
middle
It’s not safe to
think
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Don’t rock the boat
Don’t make waves
Don’t speak up
Don’t you dare!
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Echo chambers
False narratives
Deceitful images
Amplified anger
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Hate is in the air
We see it everywhere
In our words
In our eyes
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Icicles of disdain
Frozen hope
Drowning under the
ice
In our winter of
despair!
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Can we face the
truth?
Do we care?
We’re myopic
Short-sighted
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Yes, hate is in the
air
A mighty spinning
hurricane
Yet all is not quite
lost
Spring will come
**
Buds of new life
Crocuses blooming
Songbirds in the
trees
Hope emerging from
frozen lakes
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Pollen carried by
love’s honeybees
Sunlight softening
our hardened hearts
Sweet aromas
Blossoms of new life
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Seeds for a future
Sprouting hope in our
world
Mercy ripening
Friendship’s fruit
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Can you imagine it?
Vast green fields of mercy
Hope swaying in the
wind
Tended by the
tender-hearted
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Love could be in the
air
If we choose to put
it there
If we choose to care
The power of open
hearts
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Slip on someone
else’s shoes
Feel the holes in their
soul
Reamed out by life’s
hardships
Pain in each step
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Take a hand
Lend an ear
Carry a load
Bear a burden
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Hatred can’t win
If love is our choice
Spring rains of hope
Flooding our hearts
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Take a moment
Strike the match
Light the candle
Kindle the flame
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We don’t have to
agree
We don’t have to
shout
We just have to care
It’s what life’s
about
**
Rodney King once
asked:
“Can’t we all just
get along?”
Yes we can
If we put love in the
air
