COMPASSION

COMPASSION

There is no evil in the world,

Only wounds and fear.

Our hearts are battered

and our love is twisted 

and our best intentions

often wasted.

We ache

from the hurt

 of not knowing 

how to love ourselves

or others.

We take 

whatever it takes

to ease our pain,

get us thru another day

all the while waiting and praying for rescue,

Light will blaze forth

And burn off our illusions

Revealing, at last,

Those great white wings

Of our angel-selves.

Oh I am such a sucker

For chick-flicks,

Tear-jerkers,

Drama…

Loss happens,

Tragedies strike,

Compassion arises.

Compassion.

Sets us apart from the animal

(in us)

Lets us take part,

In all of life.

We cry for the sick infant,

The abandoned puppy,

The bullied boy,

The soldier who does not come home.

We cry from compassion.

We cry from our God-Part,

Compassion reminds us

Of that deepest truth;

We are all connected,

All of life is connected.

The wind from the words I speak

Changes the weather in China.

Powerful words,

Thoughts, intentions,

Oh yes!

Strange beliefs..

Who cares,

We might ask?

I care, you care,

Hidden in yourself

This huge caring spirit

Cries at times

For no apparent reason.

Your divinity may be in shadow,

Your divinity is often in shadow.

Your divinity roars against

All your smaller ideas

Of who you think you are

And what you think you want.

You want nothing

Ever,

But to embrace, express

And celebrate your divinity

In this,

The only moment of your life..