Social Justice & Advocacy Column: “A Hymn for the Hurting”
May we not just grieve, but give:
May we not just ache, but act;
May our signed right to bear arms
Never blind our sight from shared harm;
May we choose our children over chaos.
May another innocent never be lost.
Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed & strange.
But only when everything hurts
May everything change.
Amanda Gorman is a poet and the author of “The Hill We Climb,” “Call Us What We Carry” and “Change Sings.”
From “A Hymn for the Hurting” by Amanda Gorman published May 22nd, 2022 in the New York Times.
