Ripples of Hope

I see a lake shining in the sun, surface glossy, smooth, and still.

I take a pebble, toss it in the water.

I watch a circle form and spread.

Ripples flowing, ever widening till they reach the other shore.

I cast a stone to create many ripples.

Beyond the lake a world awaits.

A world of darkness, a world of fear, for there are many victims.

Victims of violence.

Victims of abuse.

Victims of oppression.

Victims of injustice.

I lift my voice and cry,

I lift my voice, and I cry: 

"No more! No more!"

Lift your voice and cry with me,Hope​, Women's Rights, Human Rights

"No more violence, no abuse."

"No oppression, no injustice."

"No more darkness, No more fear, No more hate! No more!"

Lift your voice, cry with me:

You and I alone cannot change the world.

But we can cast our stones across the waters.

We can cast our stones across the waters to create many ripples.

Ripples of hope, flowing.

Hope to live, to love,

hope to learn, to dream,

hope to be free!

Hope to be all we can be!

Cry with me:

"Hope! Hope where there's no hope."

Cry, "Hope to live."

Cry, "Hope to love."

Cry, "Hope to learn, to dream, be free, to be all we can be."

You and I alone cannot change the world.

But we can cast our stones across the waters.

We can cast our stones across the waters to create many ripples.

Ripples of hope, flowing, flowing ripples.

Ripples, ripples of hope.

Ripples of hope.

Hope.