Good morning from the lakeside deck ~
Last day of May ~
Standing for our veterans
Gone but not forgotten
Honor
Category: Revolution and Peace
A Votive Prayer
I whisper a votive prayer
By the holy shrine’s radiant light
Deep within this earthen cave
Surrounded by rock and stone rises
I lift my eyes as well as my heart
Toward the most beautiful empyrean garden
Soft scattered layers
Of green leaves and woodland debris
Hide the well-worn walking path
Here, in fields of sweet Lavender and ever-blooming Roses – – A sweet bath
Fills this morning’s air with soul nourishing scents
I only hope this day
Brings understanding and peace
That we don’t choose to keep it at bay
Stopping short
We turn away from a neglected peace
Toward only the wretched pains of war
I whisper a votive prayer
Believing prayer light will travel over vast distances
Finding our hearts aglow in time
I Speak Outloud
I talk to the universe
I speak outloud and out of turn
From myself to the world
And right back again
A hurried song
Speaking in a voice hopefully heard
Beyond the mountain ridge
Over the canyon walls
Our feet are held together
Mired in summer clay
Where we
Should be marching in the streets
Stopped in our tracks
By dogged ideology
Human rights are held at bay
Played out by some principled idea or temporal song
For when stars see
And understand our stories
Each helping create scared spaces
We choose to build a more peaceful world!
