Love Reigns

 Oh this world in these times
   so many warring factions
have we lost our humanity?

our sameness?

Right now it seems "me"

is more important than "we" ...

this group, that group, another

group

All think they are the only way

tension, fear,

injustice ~ real or perceived

becomes their only truth

until one - emboldened & inflamed

raises an arm

slinging death from the end of a gun

Death does not arrive this time

lives are altered

Mercy floods forth

Love reigns in humanity's desolation

written after the ambush shooting of two LASD deputies on 9-12-20

a reflection on Psalm 46:8-11, from Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill