Jane and I are back. It has been five weeks, most of my radiation time so far. Amazing!!
This is the poem that comes to me after we have our morning talk, which came after reading this quote from Marjorie Cohn. She writes, "Now that the mission - whatever it was - has not been accomplished in
Here is my comment on that.
Reaching into Awareness
A new study shows
“Our” people are sicker than those of
Yes, obesity might be a cause,
but isn’t it more the guilt we carry
over what is done in our name,
the arrogance of determining that we know better what another country needs,
the conceit that bombs and kills and maims.
And aren’t we suffering the environmental effects
of the bombs we tested in the desert,
where lizards watched and people drove by,
and the air was filled with poison,
that filtered down on us all?
We harm,
and where do we put such sorrow, such pain?
We place it in our hearts, our breasts, our guts.
There is no half-life
on guilt that drains
Chemo won’t replace it, nor radiation.
We must wind this country back to a place of peace,
and ease where independent spirits once strolled and rode
on something besides vehicles called Tundra and Explorer,
in traffic jams that rarely get out of first gear,
where our brains and judgment seem to be stuck,
and our fears shorten our years.
Our pack runs leaderless.
Comfort is bound in tears.
Selling
I feel the pain of the arrogant walk
of Bush,
and talk
draining our country of money,
as we continue to borrow
until there is no more,
and our soul is sold
down the drain
where arrogance
must always go,
as ego falls
and trees grow tall
knowing that roots connect,
and when those roots
are severed,
there is no hope for All.
Chris told me of a documentary that is coming out on the very wealthy of this country. They never talk about money. That would be crass and, of course, they don’t need to. There is always money there. These people are running and ruining our country. We no longer have the resources, financial or people wise to run around hammering the world. We do not have unlimited resources, like some of the wealthy of this country. We, who understand that limits define our life, make it more worthwhile, need to speak now, before there is nothing left here to defend. We are being sold down the river and we don’t even seem to know. I don’t understand.
"We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."
and so we do!