Eva Libre's Blog – March 2022 Archive (5)

Art is a universal language. Through our understanding of that language, we connect ourselves with each other, and come together, even without knowing that we do. It is not one artist who has a great message. By connecting ourselves to each other, we become part of the greatness.

~ Yoko Ono

Me: Hey God.

God: Hey John.

Me: What should I say to somebody who is about to die?

God: The exact same things you should say to everybody else whenever you have a chance.

Me: What’s that?

God:   I love you.

          I love you so.

          I forgive you.

          I’m…

after the war

     we will wring our hands

and wonder how humans

could show so little humanity

to each other

after the war

     we will tie ribbons on trees

and shake our heads whenever we

see pictures of hospitals that were

bombed into inhospitable ruins

after the war

     we…

death is the wildfire

that rips through

the forest of our life

it scorches the ground

it chars the the rocks

it engulfs the trees

death is the fire

that comes to consume

everything…

I'm not afraid

of evil

because

it can only kill

me once

~ but if I stand

against evil

I get to live

100,000 times

oh, Great Spirit,

help…