How do we change
a system
That’s ruining
peoples’ lives?
And still live
in disguise?
How do we make
what’s wrong more right?
How do we offer
hope
To those in
litigation
Who’ve seen
more than one could cope?
How do we give
our Moms and Dads
Equal custody if
that’s what’s right?
How do we stop
the lawsuits
And cease the
endless fight?
How do we get
the courts to hear
That what most
need is love,
A listening ear
beyond all hope,
And guidance
from above?
How do we tell
our clients
They may not win
their case
When their whole
life and all they know
Rests within the
courtroom’s space?
How do we cease
outrageous costs
Of $7,000-plus
per trial
Just for a
courtroom and a judge
To listen for a
while?
How do I learn
to see “you’re me”
That when I file
Complaints
That in my heart
I’ve I come to know
I create my own
restraints?
How do we cause
us each to wake
And speak from
in our hearts
And tell the
truth...the honest truth
That will shift
us beyond our “smarts?”
How many people
have to suffer?
How many have to
die?
In a system so
archaic it’s caused
Many a tear in
our loved one’s eye?
How do we speed
things up in court
To end the great
despair...
That humans
suffer when in pain
If the legal
system doesn’t care?
How do we get to
freedom
And give our
friends in pain relief?
Hopefully the
truth lies here below
‘Cause it
freed me up beyond belief!
Within my heart
I’ve come to know
That there’s a
bigger game
It’s called
“creating peace on earth”
And loving each
other the same.
I hope there’s
more to life and yet
I hope I live
that long
To experience
the peace we’ve heard
Written in many
a song.
I also hope
there’s more to life
Than living in
constant fear
That I’ll sue
you and you’ll sue me
‘Cause it’s
a practice that we revere.
Dear God,
forgive our blindness,
Our
unconsciousness and more
Please help us
as we move through change
To see beyond
the door.
That in our
prayers we can create
‘Cause in our
hearts...deep in our hearts
I need you and
you need me.
Written
by Carol Powell, San Diego, California (May 2001)
[In Honor of Johnny, who was killed riding his bicycle to school the
Monday
after his Dad (our client) won a two-year custody battle in Court...
a case that was so cruel to Johnny’s Mom that it ruined her life forever.]