Redemption

The peace we seek lies within us

Lost and alone

Heartbroken

We chase an illusive God outside

The true birthplace where that energy lives

Deep inside our heart

When we turn away from this

Our collective heart broken condition

What is the terrible cost

We ask the earth and other human bings to bare?

When we feel fracture everywhere

Perhaps this is not disaster

But a sign of redemption opening up

Like a tightly closed bud within our soul

We ignored the precious undeniable truth of

Before