Amma for the moment and a poem

[Guest guest]

Amma quote for the moment: " " The Earth is serving us; the trees, the oceans and

the soil serve us. But what do we do in return? Nothing except harm. " — Amma

 

 

 

 

Human Nature

for Carol Frost

 

" I'm not a nature poet, " she protested.

" Oh, yes, there's nature in them, but what I'm

Concerned with always, " and her gesture stressed it,

" Is the human condition at this time. "

 

" And how's that doing now? " I glibly asked.

" Are we improving, do you think, and have

We any hope our future's not our past

And we'll discover for our sins some salve? "

 

But she'd moved on to talk with someone else

Leaving me free to ponder my own question,

And so I wondered how we'd take the pulse

Of our humanity. I've this suggestion:

 

We simply have to ask of humankind

How kindly we've become, how love-aligned.