(Dedicated To Some 3rd Graders I Know)
Thought my poetic cistern had run dry
Until I heard a small child’s tearing cry;
Then I realized I need to share some words
With them before I die—
What follows is divine wisdom and guidance
Given me before I expire:-
I
You are a child of love and beauty,
Each day, mirror these two qualities;
Reflecting them in each day’s duty:-
Be as a flying dove of your God
As you soar with your wings of oneness
Sharing love’s and beauty’s sweet reward:-
Show each day how these two make all calm;
That where they are, their peace will abide—
For they bring about God’s healing Balm:-
In the presence of beauty and love,
Hate and oppression can never be;
They can’t survive what’s sent from above:-
Never forget whose light you are to be of;
Always strive to be a shining human dove.
II
You know I love you,
Always being true to you;
Always here for you
III
God created much—
So many beautiful things;
You are one of them.
IV
Who else could you be
But the child of God you are?
Be God’s truth of you.
V
Behind the rainbow,
Black glows in its beauty;
Look again and see:-
VI
You laugh and giggle
At things that are not funny—
Not yet realized:-
VII
Cease being sorry;
Be aware of ignorance:
Enlightening comes:-
VIII
“To not know is bad;”
“To not wish to know is worst:-”
Always seek to know.
Peace & Love,
M. Lowe