I didn’t enjoy writing this morning. This probably is not a draft I would go back to and tweak into something publishable. It wasn’t what I hope my first thoughts would be as the sun rose and shed it’s light on me. I’m astounded at the global situation, the USA situation, the state of my state, Michigan. Not enough adjectives and superlative, speak to what I notice in the world around me. Age and deep reflection urge me to think well of others, call kindness into being what fills me, as I read the news and feel the energy of so much loss and fear.
I take a big inhale, closing my eyes, and image the wonder of nature, the pleasure of my dogs playfulness; his sweetness. I rally, to the call of a new day, with new opportunity and pleasure. Today… I will hold sacred my vision of a cooperative, caring world that cherishes forgiveness and gathers kindness to our hearts even in the face of fear and difference.
Let’s all play fair and be nice. peace to you all.
Generosity needs you yesterday
People are in choking on their empty pockets
Jobs are lost. Homes are taken,
Sick and forsaken your neighbor
Up the road,
Two cities south,
A couple of states over
in Mexico, Japan,
The entire land
Needs you.
It’s never been equal
Life isn’t equal
Think global
Act Local
Be generous of spirit
Inner city school chaos
Hope is guns and crack
No giving back when fear stacks
The odd are against you.
Lost and forsaken a child
In your neighborhood
Your city
Two cities north
Four states away
Detroit, LA,
your child needs you
Today
It’s never been equal
Life isn’t equal
Think global
Act local
Be generous in spirit
Teeth rot, eyes go blind,
The body festers
Ravage by time.
Somebody’s mamma
Somebody’s Dad
Aging and dying
Abandoned by Sam
In your neighborhood
Your town
Two city’s over
A few states away
Europe, Russia
The grandmas and Grandpas
need you today.
It’s never been equal
Life isn’t equal
Thing global
Act local
Be nice
