jan 20

A sea of rainbow faces fills
the spaces--the walls of state--
our lives float
on waters of hope.

Gaza tragedy

When national states and religious institutions becomes tools of division among our sisters and brothers in this world, they have become idols and have lost their right to exist.

Those who identify themselves as either Jews , Muslems, Christians, Israelis, Palestinians, or Americans are first of all human beings, part of one family on this good Earth. No religious or national identity is primary; our common humanity and our being part of the living web of the Earth is always first. A 'god' that divides is no god and ought to die--the death of that god reveals the Source of all life, love, and being.

We are one world, one living planet in an interrelated and interdependent cosmos. Only that vision will cure the sickness of alienation and separation that threatens us all.

november 4

We rise, maya, we rise
and see beyond the walls
that hide our faces
that crush our souls...
now, we rise