No church or
government
should insulate
itself
from raw human
need
Mangers on Wall
Street
fuel peaceful
acts of protest
This is the
place
where Jesus was
born
Hunger for
freedom in Egypt
fuels desperate
acts of protest
This is the
place
where Muhammad
was born
Beggars
plentiful
as black flies
on city dung heaps
too weary to
protest
This is the
place
where Buddha was
born
Focus our third
eye
really see
our eyes
never to be
closed
sheltered from
the unedited
again
Our Mother
groans
with remembered
birth pains
In gathering we
remember
where we were
born
Hear the
whispered confessions
of lifelong
selfishness
Hear the
whispered prayers
on dying
children’s lips
Pleading
that we make
different choices
Step back
to widen the
circle
Be slow
to enter the
center
Where the
warmth,
water and safety
are
Need less, share
more
There are others
waiting to be
beckoned in
to the
possibility of
hospitality
without a home
Salve our broken
souls
with love so
gentle
it evokes the
susurration
of a thousand
million
angels’ wings
ascending
to Heaven’s
throne
Humankind in
societies
must embrace a
different path
says the king
who walks among us
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