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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-06-09 02:44 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.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2007-06-09 05:24 PM

Sigh, this is a tough creed to follow, that of total absolute unconditional love for ANY and ALL living things. I am generally considered an empathic and extremely caring/giving individual, but must admit there are many for whom I'd probably not be willing to sacrifice my own life. (I'll not offer any names in particular.)
I always enjoy reading your mind's eye-view.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2007-06-09 08:37 PM

outstanding!

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2007-06-10 09:36 AM

magnificently impressive and timely 'write'!
[quite possibly my favorite that I have read to
date from this author!]

[too bad most folks 'mid the 'Runaway American
Dream' likely don't read much anymore...let alone
'listen' to "poets"]

long-sustained standing ovation!

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

4 posted 2007-06-12 01:49 PM

beautiful. and philosophical questions and
deep truth.

enjoyed.

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