Ode of Hope and Love
to a Free People
embarking on a New Journey
The Nile pours over its banks and blesses the land
Once upon a time
we imagined that just beyond the horizon
the oceans tumbled off the flat earth into the abyss
where we'd fall off
and be devoured by monsters
but we crossed the oceans
amid thrashing storms and eerie quiet
and found instead
a new land
and bountiful plentiful Life
when we imagine monsters
our fears keep us from sailing free
sometimes we imagine that our neighbors are monsters (countries, competitors...)
that they are keeping us from sailing free
and then we find
that it is only our own imaginings that imprison us
sometimes i imagine
that my sister really doesn't like me
that she only speaks to me out of duty
that she'd really rather things not go well for me
and sometimes that makes me feel hurt and angry and afraid
and i have these internal dialogues
i did this and i did that and i was like this
blah blah blah....
but then
i remembered that when we were little kids
i used to ignore her
maybe this was a chance to understand
this alone time might really be a gift
a must be
a just for me
a Father's gift
to learn a little something
to develop strong bones
and i start to feel
that maybe it doesn't matter what is really on her mind
that i can still just be me
to share a little of who i am
give a little love
without worrying about what it means or what comes back
and just like that
i am free
a young Jewish man said in class:
I am praying for the people protesting in Iran
because i fear many will be imprisoned and killed
even though they are marching peacefully
"pide y te daré por herencia las naciones"
maybe this was God always saying to ask for blessings for each other
from the first moment
BORN Free
"To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition, this is to have succeeded" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
the great seas cannot extinguish Love
my Beloved is mine and i am His
His mouth is sweet wine, He is all delight
This is my Beloved
and this is my Friend
-The Song of Songs
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