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Oh, Lord,
Too many things
Are going wrong
And yet I’m here
You are here
Things could be worse
It always can be said
And it’s true
How precious are my things
Over someone else’s?
Well, they’re not:
Not to say that
I don’t count
Maybe it’s to speak
To the preciousness
Of things,
Which are not
But life, well yes, life
Matters
It’s what we have
And all we have when
We go to the other side
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So what matters?
Maybe nothing much
Except the spirit
Except that on this side
Of things,
There should be
So much less
Suffering
Especially the kind we can
Inflict on each other
Imagining
If we didn’t start so many
Wildfires
You know that most of them
Are human-made
You know
Amen
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October 8, 2021 at 2:16 pm
Wildfires are so dangerous. There is a lot wrong with the world but we have God. I enjoyed your poem.
October 8, 2021 at 6:22 pm
I’m happy that you like the work. I think you’re right about wildfires and especially about God.