Fill a vessel with clean water,
and imagine a world where all
may do the same; imagining
such a world is not difficult,
we only have to carve out
a small space into which
we insert our intentions;
these are not meaningless,
in fact, they are essential,
if we are to ever change
the dominant paradigm;
Greed and lust for more
have held sway in this world
long enough, cruelties visited
upon others, bodies over
which one steps roughly
on the way to some imagined
pot of gold and to hell
with the fallen;
Isn't it time we ceased
taking it all for ourselves
or for granted, that we,
the privileged ones
who possess such incredible
bounty are somehow entitled
to this position; after all,
we have worked hard
(and most have) for our
petty luxuries, though we
might not envision it so;
And back we arrive at the vision,
how now to change it, now we have
more than too many, how to use
that same focus on dreaming a world
where all are safe and smiling,
giving where and how we can
without tremendous sacrifice,
after all, finding it easier
than we thought to lift others up;
it diminishes us not, in fact
it fills us up in a way
that nothing material ever could.
It’s hard to know where to begin, but any start is better than none.
Absolutely agree, K! Thank you. 🙏💓
“it diminishes us not, in fact
it fills us up in a way
that nothing material ever could.”, oh it absolutely does.
Doesn’t it though? I do believe our world is changing. Not as quickly as i might have liked back in the 70’s, but moving along now. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=EAB3fyCIHpc&feature=share
Blessings. 🙏
Our world sure is changing!!
And thank you for sharing that playlist!! Some of the songs therein are my absolute favourites. Heart of Gold, Imagine, Sugar Sugar!
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