DONA NOBIS PACEM

 

Peace, a state of being

whose time has come:

for heart-shattered humans,
all over this suffering world,

for starving salmon, whales,

wolves and bears,

for old growth trees, the Ancient Ones,

falling to satisfy corporate greed

in a time of accelerating climate crisis.

May we hear the wisdom

of indigenous elders, who are warning us

to change our ways -

we, in our daily choices,

governments in the tough legislation 

it will take courage for them to pass,

corporations in realizing

you can't breathe, eat or drink money.

May all remember

that every being on this earth

just wants to live.

Peace is Possible.
Believe!

Well. It is a big wish we bloggers have every year, along with  Mimi Lenox and her annual Blogblast for Peace.

It takes courage to keep believing in times like these. But we are poets and words are what we have, so we use them in hopes they will add some positive energy to the universe - and send some love to the beings in the natural world who are suffering, unable to ask us to stop torturing Mother Earth. Peace, my friends, as this tired but beautiful old world turns and turns.