Jets fly by.
Seagulls cry.
At the great stones of the jetty
waves softly lap.
Across the Lake - CHICAGO,
Concrete Towers,
a serrated knife slicing the sky.
HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI & VIETNAM,
IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN:
Our human skills too often kill.
Eager to "save face"
We do not have the grace
To stand in the other's place.
May our spirit go out in space -
Look back and see this wondrous earth.
Look out and see the moon and stars.
Know the great silence
Before all sound.
In the stillness may we find
The Oneness of all hearts and minds.
Richard Boeke
Vice President, World Congress of Faiths
www.worldfaiths.org
Seagulls cry.
At the great stones of the jetty
waves softly lap.
Across the Lake - CHICAGO,
Concrete Towers,
a serrated knife slicing the sky.
HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI & VIETNAM,
IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN:
Our human skills too often kill.
Eager to "save face"
We do not have the grace
To stand in the other's place.
May our spirit go out in space -
Look back and see this wondrous earth.
Look out and see the moon and stars.
Know the great silence
Before all sound.
In the stillness may we find
The Oneness of all hearts and minds.
Richard Boeke
Vice President, World Congress of Faiths
www.worldfaiths.org
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