a meditation on murder

06-11-2001, 01:23 PM

in memorian of one sacred warrior
(for timothy mcveigh)

'....all manner of thing are well...."
-Dame Julien of Norwich

so we created a murderer and you allowed us to murder him

your crime was heinous and you knew it and so do we

you marched into death unflinchingly courageous

with wide open eyes watching us who remain

sitting vainly disputing and wondering

about turth and what lies beyond

you are ishmael and judas

darkness within dark

liteness within lite

your non-duality

comes to us

as just

one

a noble warrior rests in peace

rest in peace noble warrior

i who am afraid of you

rest in your courage

i who hold to one

duality hold on

to just you

just one

you

in the beloved is rest well timothy well rest is in the beloved

all manner of things are well

mark christopher valentine
(june 11, 2001)