ON LAO TZU CH. 19

WHAT SHALL WE DO?

What shall we do about the

Wise and holy men who offer

Perpetual war and the

Death of the planet in exchange

For industry and profit?

Abandon them.

Pay attention to our own selves.

On Lao Tzu, Ch. 18

HUMMINGBIRDS AND THE SUN

Pretending to be good,

we often forget the innocence of the sun

and the divinity of hummingbirds.

Terrorized by rape,

we tend to rage at our children, and to

think of that as love.

In despair of freedom, we ask that

the most dreadful men condescend

to be our masters.

Believing ourselves lost,

without protection in

space and time,

burdened by impotence,

We abandon the courage to see

that we are all as innocent as the sun

and divine, like hummingbirds.

- Don Brennan