Poetry to Inspire You
Consumed by the Light
consumed by the Light
and the full magnitude of Love
let us be
freed from the fight
and all elements of fear
let us be
with a priority each day
to look after one another
let us be
birthing the new
defenders of the future
let us be
gagi 09/17/15
Prepare to be Spared
to those who live in conditions intolerable
prepare to be spared
we see your suffering and exhaustion trying to survive
let us show how we have cared
to put ourselves in your shoes we know how insurmountable
are the challenges you face from day to day
and when escape is the only option for your families
we are here to receive you and to let you stay
may we share this place of peace and of abundance
may we share our love and belief we are the same
may we offer to you and to your families
a way of life and opportunities that we can name
you have skills and gifts to share that we will welcome
we can offer opportunities to help in many areas where we live
our countries were built on the strength of many cultures
the arts you bring will help us to diversify and to give
to give to others, to make a difference to others’ lives
creates expansion and a goodness in our hearts
we cannot stand by as we now so often witness
the suffering and the feelings it imparts
prepare to be spared and released from life’s inequalities
we offer an opportunity to start your lives in new realities
we ask you to come to share your gifts and your dreams of peace
and it will require a letting go and full release
to release the past, to forgive and then be grateful
is an experience we ourselves or our dear ancestors
also had when we came to this land of opportunity
we have the space, the means to share, in our communities
we welcome you and open our doors that you may not suffer
as the people, we want to look after one another
please forgive some that govern for their stalling in these offers
with a fear of losing votes and an expense that may drain their coffers
our prayers are with you, we are readying now to receive you
with compassion and a recognition so much is new
we will teach you our language and share with you
all we have so we may be family once more
gagi 09/06/15 & 09/07/15
For the Children Everywhere
we are responsible for the children everywhere
they are ours to protect and look after
children are our gifts to the future
precious commodities to value and nurture
commodities not to be bought and sold, unspeakable
but of such value as to be immeasurable
the children know the truth and can see it
we must honour their sight and be it
honour the way the children want us to be
ever present and engaged with them
sharing our stories and giving opportunities
opportunities to be all that they are
let us not live thru our children for all we are not
let our children live their own lives supported
let us collaborate to support each child
supporting the children in their becoming
the art of becoming savours freedom
freedom of expression, freedom of creativity
and the art of becoming flourishes with togetherness
much sharing of perspectives to build the new
building the new, who knew this would be
this would be our children’s playground
let us make this playground safe, accessible to all children
a playground spacious, seeded for their imaginations
the imaginations of the blossoming children
so capable of seeing the solutions to the world that is
so eager to inoculate the world with their love and hope
“it is easy”, they will say, for that is how their minds work
for the children everywhere
we give our love
for the children everywhere
we give our time
for the children everywhere
we honour you
blessed be our future, combined
gagi 09/06/15