Day of Silence

To everyone who laughed, mocked, and hated
We forgive you; but We will outlast you
For every mean-hearted word spoken behind closed doors
We forgive you; but We will outlast you
For every open harassment
We forgive you; but We will outlast you
We will forgive you, but we WILL outlast you

We can stand together in silence longer than you can yell
We will outlast you
We can forgive longer than you can attack
We will outlast you
We can dream together longer than you can have the energy to pull us apart
We will outlast you
We can generate more beauty than you can generate hate
and we WILL outlast you

Days like today simultaneously fill my heart with hope and sadness. These words are not my own, but I sang them in my heart all day today:

Sometimes I lay under the moon
And I thank God I'm breathing
And I pray "don't take me soon"
Cause I'm here for a reason
Sometimes in my tears I drown
But I never let them get me down
Because when negativity surrounds
I know one day it will all turn around, Cause

All my life I've been waiting for, and I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
Theyre'll be no more wars
And our children will play
One day, One day, One day...
One day, One day, One day...

One day we'll all be free
and proud to be
Under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like

One day
One day
One day....

One day
One day
One day.....

-Matisyahu