Philosophical Ramble 2003
Bald eagles soaring
Chickweed growing on sod piles
Twittering birds in the bushes
Dandelions in every crack of pavement
Hawkweed on every deserted lot
Winds swirling swirling swirling
Prana lifeforce consciousness
Earth
alive, reasserting reassuring
changing balancing
destroying
Fires floods hurricanes
droughts
ADDS kids, canaries dying in the
mines
Asthma and what's this adult respiratory
disease
that's creeping up on heart troubles and
diabetes
vying for a spot as significant cause of
death?
Expansion healing contraction learning changes
Changes changes changes in lifestyles
in thought patterns in notions of reality
What was stuck now moving releasing pain
Releasing suffering confusion doubt guilt
shame
Releasing anger denial denial
denial
that they did not burn the
witches
that they did not enslave the
children
that they did not spread fear and
fear
and more fear setting off nuclear blasts
burning
pillaging bombing torturing starving
hurting
hurting hurting aching aching
aching
Oh we could just rent a funny movie
laughter is good for the soul
Oh we could just read a good book
space out in fantasy
have a
make over a haircut and image change
Oh we do
like our comforts and notions of reality
getting on a chat line and hearing the news about
who has what disease and what the best pills are for that
one
But alas alas alas there are no pills no
pills
no pills for the ills of Mother
Earth
Mother Earth
Are we not a part of her body, a cell in her
systems
a heart cell, a brain cell, a liver
cell
All cells have the capacity to hold
consciousness
responding to the guiding
spirit
Human cells even have the
choice
of how they will respond
Free will free will free will to
engage
to heal the ills of Mother
Earth
Free will to co
operate
with dandelions growing on every
uncontrolled lawn
with small birds that twitter
and hide in the bushes
with chickweed growing
on sod piles
with algae in the
sea
with burdock in every wayward
place
and with the nesting
arrangements
for the bald eagles that are
soaring
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