One Ripple
Becomes a wave
Created by other ripples
Meeting and blending
Growing in power
Until something that felt small
finds that it is immensely powerful
if it has help
Moving through life
trying to do everything alone
narrows your vision
and reduces your power
When humans collaborate
cooperate
Care about the same thing
and move towards it together
They can create a power
that turns a wave into a storm
Humans do this all the time
connect in a ripple of thought
Caring and being laughed at
But to come there as one
shows them that they are not Woke
Others care about the same thing
they too find it important
One person may be beaten back
by the sceptics
But a tidal wave of people who care
are a force to be reckoned with
If they are called Woke
they will simply say
that they are Wide Awoke
To the suffering of others
children
the elderly
animals
their country
city
town
or village
The health and welfare
of their entire society means something
And they will calmly ask
why it means nothing to the detractors
Without being particularly interested
in the answer
The detractors are lost
and they are too busy creating change
to fight with them
Instead
They will work
they will fight
they will overcome
Because a ripple became a scream
for justice
for fairness
for hope
And sceptics will never silence them!
Deb Hawken
2026
Best love
Amorah – Deb
