Empty Hands

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We are asking for a $5 donation if you would like to download Abby's poem. 100% goes to the Ukraine Relief Funds we've listed.

Download Abby's Poem

My amazing daughter Abby wrote this
​in her 7th grade English class:

Empty Hands
I come to fight you with
only empty hands

Grasping at the hope that
You will show me mercy
As I have done for you

Take my hands
And there will be no bloodshed
No lives shall be lost
No mothers will cry out over
The death of a child

Take my hands and
Watch as the wars fade away

Watch with me as a man
Spares the life of another
For there is light in his soul

If we all fight with empty hands
The world might know peace

So let go of
Your guns
Your blades
Your bombs
Your bullets

Empty your hands

Do not fight each other
Fight the darkness
That tries to consume us

For we are all fragmented pieces

When we come together
We are whole


To say her profound wisdom at the tender age of 13 inspires me, would be a huge understatement. With her words, I created a new painting based on this detail from my pre-existing Buena Vista artwork.

The feeling of helplessness is not something I deal well with, so we are finding a way to give back, to fight the darkness together. 100% of the profits from the sale of this artwork will go to benefit the Ukrainian humanitarian efforts from this devastating war. 

I will be donating all the funds to these three organizations:

UNICEF: Children of Ukraine
Doctors Without Borders
flexport.org

Hold onto the light.
Help us fight with empty hands.

We have expanded this effort, and have postcards with the artwork and poem, and stickers of the artwork that we can supply to local schools and organizations to help children feel involved in a way they too can help.
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