When Fear Fades
Suns and Shooters ~ Philip Brent Harris
~~~~~
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment
.
~~~~~
When fear fades, what will I discover?
Maybe another person the same as me.
One who struggles to meet like needs,
who seeks the same answers that I do
When anger fades, who will I become?
Will I learn to be patient, quiet, to wait?
Never to merely speak, but to converse,
to think, feel and have a dialog with all.
When sadness fades, what will I discern?
May I understand there’s no separation
between joy, sorrow, pleasure and pain,
nor what is seen, hidden, real or fiction.
When aggression fades, what might I try?
Can I then choose to study war no more?
Give freely of myself, sharing all with all,
as all partake of our endless cosmic repast.
When hope fades, will I grow deaf, blind?
Lay down in wild lands, naked and alone,
unaware that I am only one stitch in time,
only a single voice in the cosmic chorus.
When love fades, will I remember myself,
realize I’m subsumed within other beings?
Knowing, at last, again, there is no ending.
Nothing is ever lost or gained, all remains.
When perception fades, will I start to see?
Comprehend that I create my own reality,
as, simultaneously, reality is creating me,
wave to particle, here, there, everywhere.
When need fades, will I then see my face?
Taking off my costume, mask and manner,
standing exposed in the darkness and light,
realize there’s ever been but one day-night.
When existence fades, will I begin to live?
Present, awake and aware every moment.
United, unique, color, note, word, instant,
nonexistent, eternal, perfect, flawed, one.
~~~~~
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment
~~~~~
Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think.
thepensmight.com 