Passers-By, a Collage
Life is rarely as dark as it sometimes may seem in our personal space just so long as we always make room there for love, in all its shapes, forms and consciousness.
While it may sometimes seem that even love has forgotten us, we need to remember that, although loved ones may be far away, even dead, moving on does not mean leaving anyone behind and their love will continue to sustain us through good times and bad ... if we let it.
We also need to consider future generations and how the human condition can be much improved - mentally and physically - by paying closer attention to environmental as well as social issues; at the root of the latter often lies an inability to grasp that we are a common humanity whose differences do not make us 'different', only human. Moreover, we need to act in the Here-and-Now or any future generations that may yet emerge will never forgive us. [Yes, I know I have said this before, but as my old English teacher, 'Jock' Rankin ,used to say, if something is worth saying, it is worth repeating.]
PASSERS-BY, A COLLAGE
Time, it’s passing by me,
all alone;
stress, getting worse each day;
love, it’s all around me.
yet closed to many (still) refusing
Society, it’s hacking me
to pieces,
(human remains everywhere);
among those left for dead
for dogma spelling out our sins, for better,
Politics, it’s smothering me,
so weary
of hearing its lies and half-lies,
to satisfy appetites
as likely to win votes as lead its paymasters
Hope, always there for me,
Differences, ever hacking
into each other,
if only to be first among equals;
history, busy reworking
ages-old myths as likely as likely as not
Time, it’s passing by me,
listening out
for the timbre of each heartbeat;
love, it’s all around,
and would heal even those among us
with a duty of care
to all creatures great and small,
or risk the well-being
Copyright R. N. Taber 2012, rev.2020
Labels: collective responsibility, global consciousness, human nature, human spirit, life forces, love, personal space, poetry, politics, positive thinking, religion, society
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