DEMOCRACY IS US
From my Kindle Trove Google, for example “The New Tao Stephen C. Rose Kindle”
Democracy should be
our final aim
The goal of any goodness
that we do
Without democracy
we risk the shame
of losing rights
all are entitled to
We are imperfect
lax and fallible
traits we share with
all who share the earth
Yet we seek
what’s true and beautiful
and there lies
what gives life its worth
Ω
At any age
we all contain a child
If she was treated well
she smiles
If he was beaten
he may feel defiled
The child is with us
each and every mile
Help us to reach out
to the child in all
Help us make
the child’s position clear
A universal child
sends out this call
When thinking of the good
start here
Ω
The ten year old left dead
on a mean street
The baby starved
and still nothing to eat
The bully child
who lives only to beat
The poster child
who says I am elite
Let these divisions
fall to what is real
Inside each one is
where the real resides
We either break
through falsehood’s seal
or we are lost
among its roiling tides
Ω
First see the child
who lives in everyone
Reach out to all
yes reaching out is life
Embrace the child
embrace what what must be done
to move past conflict
war and strife
We will not change
until we see the child
as the face
of everyone on earth
The winds that blow us back
are fierce and wild
We win only when
we know true worthDemocracy should be
our final aim
The goal of any goodness
that we do
Without democracy
we risk the shame
of losing rights
all are entitled to
We are imperfect
lax and fallible
traits we share with
all who share the earth
Yet we seek
what’s true and beautiful
and there lies
what gives life its worth
Ω
At any age
we all contain a child
If she was treated well
she smiles
If he was beaten
he may feel defiled
The child is with us
each and every mile
Help us to reach out
to the child in all
Help us make
the child’s position clear
A universal child
sends out this call
When thinking of the good
start here
Ω
The ten year old left dead
on a mean street
The baby starved
and still nothing to eat
The bully child
who lives only to beat
The poster child
who says I am elite
Let these divisions
fall to what is real
Inside each one is
where the real resides
We either break
through falsehood’s seal
or we are lost
among its roiling tides
Ω
First see the child
who lives in everyone
Reach out to all
yes reaching out is life
Embrace the child
embrace what what must be done
to move past conflict
war and strife
We will not change
until we see the child
as the face
of everyone on earth
The winds that blow us back
are fierce and wild
We win only when
we know true worth
