love the moment

Funny the way it is… Lying in the park on a beautiful day Sunshine in the grass, and the children play Siren’s passing, fire engine red Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this               - Dave Matthews These are strange times.  A thousand people a day are dying of Coronavirus – during beautiful spring days in Tennessee.  Last night’s Spring Moon and its ethereal beauty accompanied the death of John Prine – and a million others unnamed around the globe.  His passing was mourned by many.  But amid this, so many others died unheralded – and alone. It is the nature of this thing we call living – it is too big.  Its big – but composed of so many small days.  My life – now so precious to me at 63 – seemed hardly worth the bother at 23.  The ups and downs – the ins and outs -the many crus...

The world is dying What will you do? Children are starving Grandfathers wasting away For want of a touch For embraces denied For gazes averted For simple souls never seen Never heard The world rushes on Albeit more slowly And for different reasons Than before Even now Mercy waits her turn As hatred speaks Unabated What more could be done By an angry god or Even a loving one To open the eyes of the intentionally blinded To turn the ear Of the muffled truths The poor you will always have with you Jesus said with broken sobs The poor you will always have with you And also the dying Some alone Some embittered But very few Ready to go Very few Ready dg 4/3/2020 Sent from my iPad