That Language
I don’t Speak the Language
of Violent and Vengeful Hate,
having lived Many Lives
of Differing Perspectives
seen from both sides
of so many Human Conflicts,
those Closed and Divisive Gates.
I do Understand how even
Righteous Anger often turns
into Uncontrolled Rage,
that Mindless Fire that burns
Hearts and Minds of many a Soul
in Savage Actions and Reactions,
that Primitive Language of Hate
creating many a Hellish State
in Times both Past and Present.
We can Understand
yet Choose Not to Partake,
Choose Not to Participate,
Choose Not to Communicate
in the Language of Violence
and Words of burning Hate.
We can Educate
ourselves and others
to Speak the Language
of a Higher Vision
of our Humanity
beyond Voices of Division,
beyond Illusions of Supremacy
that create Disunity,
Pain, Destruction and Death.
Love of Life Itself, All Life,
is the Highest Wisdom
and the Language
all True Masters know.
We can Learn how
to Speak That Language too.
What would such Love do now?
What do we Choose To Be
in this Life of Here and Now?
January 31, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
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