Promise me now...

Promise me always

That even as they strike you down with myriad hatred and violence, Even as they dismember and destroy you, That no man can ever be your enemy.

The only thing worth anything is love;

Unconditional, invincible, limitless love.

One day when you face this world

Unburdened by the tyranny of fear and hate and greed

Your fellow men will behold you.

Across a thousand cycles of living and dying in full bloom, Your joy will become eternal.

No sun or moon that ever rises will ever see it fade.