A POEM FOR OUR TIMES

In this world where some people

have turned their backs on beauty,

on the right to human dignity,

on the very breath of life itself,

there are men and women of peace and vision

who exhort us to hear the music of the spheres,

to feel true heavenly light

in the renewal of earth's daily light,

to sense divinity in the mysterious darkness

upon us every night,

the moon above a guiding light.

The people who stand deaf and blind

to the destruction they rain,

unaware it shall backfire 

on their own kind-

to them a message:

Smell the flowers

Walk the shores

Undress beautiful women

Fill your hearts with humbling sights

Read the ancient poets

Take a deep breath for the Gift of Life

STOP THE KILLINGS!