Starting Now
Joyce Sidman, from What the Heart Knows
It is time for us to wake:
we who stumble through the day
with out gripes and complaints,
who drift numbly
through thronging halls and streets -
you and I,
who rant about injustice,
who see all that is wrong in this world
but believe we are shackled
and powerless.
It is time to look into
each other's faces,
who who glide along the surface,
time to dive down and feel the currents
of each other's lives.
Time to speak until the air
holds all o our voices.
Tine to weave for each other
a garment of brightness.
Open your eyes.
Feel your strength.
Bless the past.
Greet the future.
Join hands.
Right here.
Our moment:
starting now.