unity

when awe of life’s
breathless beauty
is missing, the soul
becomes numb 
to its luminous glory;
leaving an opening
to violence –
within and without,
leading to 
spiritual bankruptcy.

when awe of life’s
breathless beauty
is missing, others
suffer from actions
of the devil’s minions –
doing the bidding of their master;
dressed as an angel of light,
roaring his minions
are chosen people –
army of the spiritually bankrupt.

when awe of life’s
breathless beauty
is missing, “otherness”,
morphs into racism, and
hatred of the “other”,
creating a false belief
in entitlements and power
over the “other”, dividing
the fabric of interconnectedness:
definition of spiritual bankruptcy.

when awe of life’s
breathless beauty
is missing, the earth
weeps tears of blood,
oozing from corpses
in agony’s torture chamber;
victims of the chosen peoples’
delusional notion, that humanity
is not one people:
spiritual bankruptcy.

when awe of life’s
breathless beauty
is missing, arise!
defend the victims
of the deceiver’s minions;
cut the root! don’t just
hack at the branches!
uproot the sick, infected tree–
restore awe and beauty:
stop spiritual bankruptcy.