"God is Still Breathing"

[The mountains of Rwanda from betheremag.com]

The phrase "God is still breathing" was repeated to me as a saying of Unitarian Church members, by Amy at Sharp Little Pencil. This phrase captured my hope.

Over the mountains
and the killing fields
of Rwanda,
the war zones
of Ethiopia, Somalia,
and the Sudan,
God is still
breathing.

Over those
lying, wasted with AIDS,
on hard ground,
with no one
to love them,
God is still
breathing.

Over the workers
in the nuclear power plants
in Sendai
and Fukushima,
and the displaced
and homeless
thousands
fleeing the
tsunami zone
with only the clothes
on their backs,
God is still breathing.

Over the
warring factions
in Libya,
the international community
stepping into
the conflict,
and over the
incendiary divisiveness
and bitter enmity
of the Middle East,
God is
still breathing.

Over the corporate rich
and the completely destitute
who live on their scraps,
God is still breathing.

Over a planet
in environmental,
and emotional crisis
and distress,
God is
still breathing.

Like a father
watches over
his child,
whose conscience
is not yet
fully developed,
willing him peace,
wisdom
and a heart
that thirsts for justice,
God is
still breathing,
willing us
to expand
our consciousness,
to extend our hands
and our hearts,
to learn to live together
with all of
our global
brothers and sisters,
so that
all may
peacefully
and happily
forever
live.