What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
As the world as I’ve known it continues to unravel, I find myself grappling, even grasping, for any thread of hope.
I am incensed by the wars and hatred.
I question where all of this will lead.
My post-Thanksgiving thoughts — when only yesterday I expressed my gratitude for being fortunate to live in a peaceful country like I do — are clouded with concern for the entire human race.
I watch the televised news as it happens so far away from where I am.
Canada.
I feel safe here.
I am distraught knowing that there are citizens of this planet, fellow human beings, who will never feel what I have known my entire life: peace.
I feel hopeless somehow knowing there is so little I can do.
I need more hope.
We all need more peace.
10/10/2023 j.g.l.