Here is my adaptation of a poem written on 9/11/2001.
Please see the original below.
Please click here to see the original on BareWitness.com.
Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in emergency response and rubble,
breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds.
Breathe in fear
and breathe out sleeping children and freshly planted organic fields.
Breathe in confusion
and breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen
and breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Imagine grief
and remember love
with an outbreath of beauty.
Wage peace with your listening:
hearing sirens, pray loud.
Wage peace with your actions:
Remember your tools: flower seeds, clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Play music,
Swim in the deep end and reach the other side.
Wage peace with your words:
Learn to say, I am sorry, please forgive me
memorize the words for thank you in three languages.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
bearing a new beginning that is sweet and delicious.
Remember who you are.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious:
Have a cup of tea and rejoice,
send out a message of peace
as you release what has been and what is
and breath life into new dreams of what will be.
Act as if balance and harmony have already arrived.
Celebrate today.
Here is Judyth's poem:
Judyth Hill
September 11, 2001
Judyth Hill is a stand-up poet and teacher of poetry, living in amazed and grateful beauty where the Rockies meet the Plains, in Northern New Mexico. Her six published books of poetry include Presence of Angels, Men Need Space, and her collection of poems of her land, Black Hollyhock, First Light, from La Alameda Press. She was described by the St. Helena Examiner as, “Energy with skin”.
Wage Peace
Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in firemen and rubble,
breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds.
Breathe in terrorists
and breathe out sleeping children and freshly mown fields.
Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Wage peace with your listening: hearing sirens, pray loud.
Remember your tools: flower seeds, clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Play music, memorize the words for thank you in three languages.
Learn to knit, and make a hat.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
imagine grief
as the outbreath of beauty or the gesture of fish.
Swim for the other side.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious:
Have a cup of tea and rejoice.
Act as if armistice has already arrived.
Celebrate today.
Friday, February 18, 2011
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My thoughts and opinions evolve, because I like to keep an open mind as I gain new knowledge. Please note that I do not always agree with and take no responsibility for the opinions or statements found on other sites when you follow links elsewhere. Many techniques and ideas I talk about are a complementary alternative for self-healing, self-help, and behavioral modification and are not meant as a substitute for standard medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment. Please consult with any professional of your choice. Any action you may choose to take in following any information or suggestions are completely of your own choice for which you take complete responsibility. Please use your own judgment of what is right for you.
I hope you benefit from the information shared here. If this is different from what you have been taught, I am sorry. Please enjoy what is of interest to you and leave the rest.
May you get the most beneficial outcome possible for each experience in your life.
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