Love and Basic Facts
Sometimes I sit and wonder:
Would our world be on a better path
if in elementary school we paid more attention
to the lessons we learned in math.
I imagine back then we didn’t understand
how those lessons would relate
as we grew a little older…
in terms of love and hate.
Even now I have to wonder:
What is your reaction
when I tell you love and hate comes down
to simple addition and subtraction?
I draw your attention to those math lessons…
the ones about basic facts…
Love as a plus…adds to the world
Hate, as a minus…subtracts.
And if I may extend a moment
this mathematical vision
When it comes to love and hate we can’t leave out
multiplication…and division.
Hate divides us, it tears us apart…
it makes the world smaller in shape and size
Love brings us together and with our help…
it multiplies.
I wonder if the world shouldn’t go back to school
perhaps that would help us all to see…
until we improve in our basic facts
we are only a fraction of what we can be.
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