Maybe now a lot of folks will finally get it.

Maybe now there's a reason to believe in hope for the entire world.
Maybe now Republicans across the country will see that nobody's fooled by them walking through disaster areas with their sleeves rolled up.
Maybe now they'll see that their "we're smarter than you" politics of days gone by is just that ... politics of days gone by.

Maybe now people will see that the color of someone's skin isn't something to be afraid of.
Maybe now it'll become clear that we're all in this together.
Maybe now we can go about the business of making this world better for everybody ... not just a privileged few.

Maybe now young folks of all races across this country will see that there really is hope, and they don't have to use a gun to solve a problem or rob someone else.
Maybe now, too, they'll see that the problem they think they have isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of the world's survival.

Maybe now we can see what it will take to return America to its rightful standing in the world as a country to be respected, not feared.
Maybe now those with blood on their hands will see that you can't send young soldiers into battle on a personal whim of controlling the world's oil.
Maybe now those responsible will also see that the young faces thousands of American families will never see again didn't have to die at all.

Maybe now we can see how long the people of the world have been waiting for America to elect a president they can talk to and not be looked down upon.
Maybe now we can all just try to care about one another.

Maybe now, with Barack Obama as a leader the world has been waiting for, we can all move on in the right direction ... 


(Darron Patterson is an award-winning freelance journalist and President of Detroit-based WriteStuf Communications, LLC, www.writestuf.com)