I am surrounded
drowning in a sea
heartache and pain
not my own
washes over me
again and again and again

Once, I was one
flowing with the
suffering tides

Now, as a rock
battered all around
by human sadness

I want to reach out
and build a mountain of stones
with all those whose pain touches mine
together
we rise as a mountain above the waves
serene and peaceful
reaching to those
who need us most.