Looking for a Light.

Artist: Unknown 

How do we go on with hope in the wakes of tragedy

after tragedy… after tragedy… 

fear is stirring in our country

bombs dropping in others. 

A mass exodus of innocent families

with nowhere to go

no country to call their own

for their own place

is no longer safe. 

Gaia is experiencing great pains.

She has seen these pains before. 

As long as humans have been on this earth

there has been evil between us. 

An evil so deep in our nature that we

cannot see it coming.
That evil brings tragedy. 

This has happened before.

We’ve been through this before. 

Earth is aching across all the crusts.

Overpopulous humans 

causing gates to burst

but there’s no longer room to welcome

those in need

too many people

too many people

How can I continue about my day, 

fighting for social justice

climate justice

humanity 

When everything seems to be falling apart. 

How can I stay hopeful when the news is so hopeless?

Look for the light. 

I think about the the activists

from Martin Luther King Jr. to Tim Dechristopher. 

Giving their lives to not only the fight for a better world

but also, to fight for hope. 

Hope for the human race. 

I begin to see the light...

I look for the good in all

I pray for the good in all

Give thanks to all that is good
and you will see that good 

is abundant.

I notice it in the kid who always bikes to class. 

I look for it in my professors who have been creating change for decades. 

I see organic farmers who used their degrees to promote food justice. 

Every marching activist on the street.
Every compassionate vegan, animal rescuer, nature therapists and wildlife ecologist.

Each yogi, sikh, buddhist or krishna meditating for a better world. 

The religious leaders that are preaching forgiveness.
The politicians that are bringing change to their countries

and the rebels risking their lives for justice.  

All the humans 

on this Earth 

that love this planet 

and desire a healthful Gaia. 

The good is abundant. 

You know

that we are all one. 

Right?

We are the largest global movement.
In history. 

Each story of injustice 

pushes this movement

making it stronger.
But only as we connect ourselves as one,

can we be victorious. 

Can we rise up like a giant wave

deep blue wall of water instenifying with might.

Crashing down on all patriarchs. 

flooding the system with ethics of Gaia's love. 

Washing away all the isn't right. 

Leaving but a small river of compassion

that flows through every organization. 

Tributaries will feed the communities 

and that glowing light of the heart

will exist in everybody. 

I will forever meditate 

on a future that is radiant

with the light of every heart

reflecting off the moon and 

glistening like a crystal in sunlight. 

Our children will be raised in that light. 

We will give them a better world. 

They will know the spirit of Gaia. 

They will meditate on her love 

and give thanks up to the universe. 

Art by Icy &Sot

...and her kingdom went on forever and ever.