WE ARE FIELDS
BEFORE EACH OTHER
How is it they
live for eons in such harmony –
the billions of stars –
the billions of stars –
when most men
can barely go a minute
without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.
without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.
There are wars
where no one marches with a flag,
though that does not keep casualties
from mounting.
though that does not keep casualties
from mounting.
Our hearts
irrigate this earth.
We are fields before
each other.
We are fields before
each other.
How can we
live in harmony?
First we need to
know
First we need to
know
we are all
madly in love
with the same
God.
with the same
God.
-- St. Thomas
Aquinas
(Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky)
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