No Love No Society #poetry #Gandhi #illsofsociety

I come to the altar

offering like I should

I ignore my neighbor’s crying

no time to do what’s good

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Tomorrow I go to the field

a mission for all to see

on the podium I stand tall

“Look here, look at me!”

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I’m promised only this day

a difference I can make

am I looking in the mirror

or do I give others a break

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there will always be those who have need

empty handed I bring love

the act of artless giving

brings glory to God above

 

The prompt for the Midweek Motif is  Social Goods based on Gandhi’s premise of the 7 Deadly Sins that could destroy society.

 I believe without love for others a society will implode. We can do good deeds even with loads of money and while doing them be drawing attention to ourselves – Is that really a good deed???  Look at people like Mother Teresa; they have so little but what they have is a heart brimming with love and with it they care for society.

I hope you are warmed by the smile of Zeek. I believe my little cousin will grow up with a heart brimming with love; there is much we can learn from guiless children.

 1st Corinthians Chapter 13 talks about the nature of LOVE:

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”

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Free to Forgive #poetry #children #abuse #peace

“You obstruct my way to happiness”

you told me at eight

“so you little one

I chose to hate”

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a gentle laugh

blue tender eyes

you couldn’t embrace

you had to despise

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she sadly saw

a visage so dark

jealousy ran deep

imprisoned your heart

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she hoped for one day

this evil would flee

one night your demon

listened not to her plea

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how she lived through that night

he will never know

but she called upon God

death’s grip to let her go

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she could have become bitter

fears played within her mind

but forgiveness set her free

kept her heart from being blind

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yes those painful nights remembered

will always  cause her pain

she prays someday he’s ridden

of the beast that was insane

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”  ~Gandhi

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

This prose is a true story of a girl who should have died one night (alongside her beautiful mother) at the hands of a man who had lost her senses.  She has worked with children (all over the world)  who have experienced painful hate and she encourages  them to  forgive…

I really appreciate what Kozo is doing at  Everyday Gurus. Kozo is encouraging bloggers to Blog for Peace (b4peace)  and write a monthly Peace Challenge Blog. This month the peace challenge prompt is “Marching Towards Forgiveness” an act that takes strength of will to perform at any age.