Pulse Night Club, Orlando FL 6/12/16 1:49AM - Sally Churgel

[Larry Robinson]

Pulse Night Club Orlando, FL 6/12/16,  1:49 am 
 
I am Xavier, I am Juan, I am Enrique 
You are Amanda, Frankie and Angel
We are Mercedes, Christopher and Luis 
We are 6 degrees of separation
Which means there is no separation
 
If I could have been there at 1:49 am 
I would have taken each person by the hand
Led them outside said, Look at those stars
Go home now - be safe
 
If I could have been there at 12:49 am 
I would have kept Omar Mateen 
From entering 
Instead I’d take his hand
Say go home, go home
To your heart
Go home to your humanity
There you can find safety
There you will find you are not separate
 
I would, if I could, turn his hate into tears
I would say the distance between 
Your dreams and my longing is 
The distance between 
Each heartbeat
I would say that we are all us
There is no you and them
Only the disconnections 
of you/them in your own heart
 
It’s the truth that hurts the most
If I had been there at 1:49 am
I could not have done a thing
 
Nor could God 
God gave us choice and will
We choose what we will 
God says choose life
Choose life
 
This night
God cries with us
And asks us to remember 
They are us 
 
Choose love
Choose life
 
	- Sally Churgel
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