remain calm

I’ve lost some people I still talk to in my sleep

I’ve seen good hearts fall too deep

To bottles, pills, and silent cries

While the world just scrolls and buys

TV’s loud, but truth is quiet

We numb the pain, then wonder why it

Still comes back in waves and fire

While kindness fades and hate grows higher

But it’s clearer now — what matters most

Not the likes, not the brand, not the boast

It’s the hug you give, the hand you lend

The way you show up for a friend

It’s clearer now — what we must choose

To build, to heal, not just to lose

We’ve been asleep, but we’re waking somehow

It’s clearer now

We chase the want, forget the need

Trade soul for speed, love for greed

We judge by skin, by clothes, by name

Then wonder why we feel the shame

But I’ve seen neighbors turn to kin

When storms roll in and walls wear thin

And I believe we still can change

If we stop pointing, start exchanging

Grief don’t mean you stop the song

It means you sing to carry on

And healing ain’t a perfect line

It’s falling down and choosing kind

It’s clearer now — what we must be

Not perfect, just awake and free

To love without the fear of loss

To carry hope, to bear the cross

It’s clearer now — what we must do

To see the world in me and you

We’ve been divided, but we know how

To come back home — it’s clearer now