Come About

there are things
I know of but not about
things that I have
never had to deal with
things I might write about
like being hungry
not knowing where the next
meal is coming from
being diagnosed with aids cancer
or another terrible disease
having a heart attack
losing a child sister or brother
being a soldier or prisoner of war
losing everything in a hurricane
tornado or fire
being a slave
being poor
being addicted
being unable to read and write
being homeless living in a car
living without freedom
there are other formless things
like being free
and thinking free
dreaming and hoping
maybe just positive thinking
that don't come automatically
with freedom
formless things like love faith
forgiveness and compassion are
things we all know of but
to often not about
come about