Here is the Poem of the Week for October 25, 2024, a classic Elizabethan sonnet for a week when we need a long historical perspective.

The next ten days will be the most decisive in recorded human history, many believe, more than any battle or single invention, as democracy and the climate hang in the balance–and the amazing thing is, we get to have a part in it! This should energize us and give us joy even as we face fierce opposition and have to spend everything we have, because we can be the heroes of this time in the same line as all the heroes of the past we revere.

And everything–everything–depends on our staying positive and strong and in the light, and using our voice in every way we can.

So here is a poem for this week, first the video and then the text:

They want to make us crazy—fear and hate.
They win if we forget our loving care.
They lose each time we quiet, meditate
or turn to nature to dispel despair.
They win when we feel hopeless, paralyzed,
as if our love’s cause is already lost.
They lose when we keep eyes on all we prized,
and keep on fighting at whatever cost.
And when they lose, the earth and Spirit win—
as smog of lies lifts, inner eyes can see
true oneness where all sacred ways begin.
Sanity. Joy. Win these and we break free.
So when they throw their crazy bait, don’t bite.
Reject the shadow side and choose the light.

10/21/24
Thank you!