We hear
speak of a common humanity for which a common denominator has to be love.
[Well, doesn’t it?] so whatever happened to either in the global scale of
things?
There is much love in the world so how about we
start sharing it out more fairly and cease discriminating against those of
whose social, sexual, political, religious or cultural identity happens to be
quite different from our own.
As I have
said so many times on the blogs, one person’s take on another person’s
differences, works both ways. Being different, though, does not make us right
or wrong, only human.
Religious
fundamentalists need to keep in mind that the God of their religion created all humankind in His (or Her) image not theirs. Similarly, we all need to bear in mind that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder; the inner eye, that is, discerning beauty where, to all outward appearances, there is only ugliness.
FREE SPIRIT, BEAUTIFUL MIND
Love
embraces all that is beautiful,
(doves of
peace winging freely);
London,
New York, Baghdad, Kabul,
anxious
not to be seen its enemy
Love
stands for all that is beautiful
(doves of
peace drinking its tears);
London,
New York, Baghdad, Kabul
prey to a
world feasting on its fears
In love
we are beautiful, made whole
(doves of
peace never discriminate);
London,
New York, Baghdad, Kabul,
making a
show of demonizing hate
Love, a fair
measure of the shortfall
in life cultures,
religions, politics;
London,
New York, Baghdad, Kabul,
(adrenalin
junkies looking for a fix)
Love,
bitter-sweeter fruit of Creation,
a freedom
of heavens, earth and sea,
laughter
and tears, hell and salvation,
defining (and
redefining) humanity
Wherever
life persuasions under fire,
love may
lose battles, but not the war
Copyright R. N. Taber, 2009
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