DONA NOBIS PACEM: SPEAK LOVE

 

When all the world is changing,

rearranging,

and the life we knew is struggling

to survive the wrecking ball of chance,

a frenzied kind of dance,

I walk my heart into the rainforest

to find my way,

the great trees, breathing peace,

whisper to we noisy humans

"Please find a better path

that helps us stay."

When down is up and justice

is being trampled underfoot,

what still remains?

Kindness.

Our loving hearts.

Speaking Love.
Seeing No Stranger.

Protecting our neighbours.

All that we know to be true and plain.

Marching, singing,

hearts rising in fierce knowing

that democracy must stand.

In the midst of floods and fire,

storm and warming seas,

what still endures

across the land?

Mother Earth,

in her heartbreaking beauty,

caring for her many beings,

even those who've

lost their way.

She knows that darkness may endure

for a time, but the arc

of justice is long

and, in the end,

my friend,

only what is true and gold

- only Love -

can stay.

Today we are blogging for peace with Mimi Lenox at the Blogblast for Peace 2025 whose theme is Speaking Love. Still blogging for peace, after all these years, and it is even harder to find. But not impossible, when you count the millions of marching feet asking for democracy, social justice and peace these days.

Speaking Love reminds me of Valarie Kaur's activism. She wrote See No Stranger, a Manifesto of Revolutionary Love. These days she is showing up outside ICE detention centres, trying to persuade agents to rediscover their human hearts.

I guess we'll just keep blogging till human consciousness evolves. These days, we have a long way to go. But the arc of justice is long.