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Open Poetry #39

The Golden Path

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2006-10-16 09:40 PM

I walk along the shore
of a fast-moving river,
the soughing of the wind in the trees
blends with the musical laughter
of the water...

I am thinking of ways
we could save ourselves
in these terrible times;
these horribly selfish times
and this idea comes to mind:
The only way we can
ever change our ways
is through willingness
to give one’s life for another –
no questions asked –
living each day knowing
that this is the day
I am called to give my life
for another.

Impossible, I think,
utterly crazy,
could something like this work?

Then I hear a voice
from nature’s symphony:
“if all were prepared
to give their life for another
no harmful things would ever be done
by one to another:
wars would be impossible,
hunger would end,
as would crime.
Your world would become healthy
and safe for all your children.
Is that not what you desire?”

I leave this sacred place now,
reeling from this revelation
and thinking that yes,
given those possibilities
I must be willing
to give my life for another.

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2006-10-16 09:43 PM

No questions asked.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

2 posted 2006-10-17 12:01 PM

and it is so WindWalker

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

3 posted 2006-10-22 12:08 PM

and that is true love...sacrifical love!

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