The year has rocked this world to its roots.
What if for one day each being put down
their burdens, their words of hate, their inhumanity
and breathed in the presence?
Stopped fighting for history, for fears, hopes, dreams
and stood facing the morning sun
letting the warmth of the moment
and the next, the next, accumulate like dust at their feet
Listened instead of spoke, acknowledged truth,
embraced silence.
What if for one day each being acknowledged the fear
and let it go? Suspended beliefs
opened their arms, drew strength
through earth, grass, rock, sand
Found the sparrow singing from a lone bush
the small heart-shaped cloud
Felt the currents of air wash over them, mingle
with the breath, and let the seams unravel
borders blend, walls dissolve
and be
one.
Melissa Shaw-Smith 
Yes,yes, and yes again.
Melissa:
How perfect and beautiful; we must all pay attention! What if?
We love you and thank you so much for your support and help!
Bernice >
Amen.
so beautiful
of a dream!
may it come
true, inside
& in the world 🙂
I like the old “Wot If”s … they never solve anything but give pause for thought.
And you never know …
This year indeed has ‘has rocked this world to its roots’. Hence the renewed urgency to coalesce the voices that yearn for the walls to dissolve and seams to unravel.
Good to have you back Melissa 🙂
This post was indeed a very special holiday GIFT. It warmed my heart and stirred my soul. Thank you Melissa!
What a lovely poem, Melissa! And something to think about on this holiday. I am very glad to see you are posting again. Let us all hope that 2017 will be a better year than this one has been.
I’ve missed you. Glad to see you haven’t lost your touch.
your looking back–your hoping forward–your connecting to essence: these must be
we must discover the divine in our humanity, the human roots of divinity, the better part of us, for all
Very powerful closing stanza – quite moving in light of everything happening in the world.