On MLK ♥ Birthday

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate,
adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
Hate multiplies hate,
violence multiplies violence,
and toughness multiplies toughness
in a descending spiral of destruction.

- Martin Luther King -

January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968