...Consider: what’s the rush
To return to our harried ways
That by day’s end, left most of
Our spirits and bodies feeling crushed?
Were our old ways even serving?
Is the past even all that deserving
Of all of its glorification?
Sure, I’d prefer a world of
less fear, suffering, more liberation.
But if we’re honest, our pre-COVID world
Was far from ideal for most of Creation.
Yes, of course, I look forward to
resuming some aspects of normalcy
Moving about the world more freely
With more things to do, people to see.
But now, with this additional time,
This forced pause for reflection,
My hope is we can use it wisely
To co-create with intention
A more just, peaceful, equal world,
Not just some lofty aspiration.
But utilizing all our best minds, and
All the tech, issue experts
To actually mobilize and launch a world
With more hugs, less hurt,
More expression, less oppression,
More abundance, less insufficiency.
Not just for the 1%,
but for all of us, you and me,
out farther than the eye can see.
Setting aside our preconceived notions
of Time and Space, of what’s possible
By when, how and where,
Is there a vision that more can agree on,
Mobilize behind, to keep iterating
Our civilization into new ways of being,
That actually honors our interbeing?
Not only with other humans
but all of the planet with whom we share
This one precious life, time and space
Upholding for one another maximum respect, care, and what’s most fair.
To what end?
When will it all end?
This reality that's exploitative of the many,
For the benefit of the very few;
To begin one that's regenerative
For all, forever restore and renew?
However?
Whatever?
Whenever?
IF ever?
FOR ever?
To that end is my when and my where, for now. Who’s with me on figuring out the “how”?
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