2 Poems for Yesterday and Today: God-Like We Can Be (and) The Day of the Theft

God-Like We Can Be
We all come,
  bring our own
hopes
  desires
    cravings
Dreams.
We all bring
such passionate love
for our families.
We all bring hardness
and softness in our hearts.
We all have opened
and have yet more to open to.
We look at each other
with joyful eyes.
Let us look deeper
and know what brings us here.
We are lucky
we have been
children of love.
We have been graced
by God in our hearts
by compassion,
  understanding,
    mercy.
Though we are human,
God-Like we can be
and Realize such grace
in every
moment.
CBF Nov. 2012

The Day of the Theft
Compassion for you,
  violator.
I work at
trying to make it unnecessary
for your heart
to harden
or pound
awaiting discovery
or arrest.
Your actions--
  thank you--
only make me stronger
in my quest for
and settling into
deep
inner
Peace.
The day of the theft,
I am not angry
just sad
and tired
of all this pain,
driving people
to more
and
more.
On the radio,
Syrians implore,
"Why is the West
supporting Bishar?"
We are not supporting Bishar.
Don't they know
we too are
worn?
Still it is no excuse.
Wars only stop
by monumental change.
Life triumphs over senseless destruction
when no matter how
beaten, we shine
the inner fire
of our souls
blinding bright.
CBF Nov. 2012