TCC On My Porch

I stand on my porch
and unite myself with the T’ai Chi Chih community
in this simple way.

The sun touches me with warm waves.

The giant evergreens still tower

and the hillside seems almost ready to flower.

But it is not the same this spring.

A silence reigns, yet with moans of foreboding pain.

So, I open my eyes wide

and I breathe in the presence of God.

Yes, I breathe in God

along with all humankind

spread across the planet,

where faith distinctions are not there

in the vulnerability we all share.

We breathe in God.

Together we deeply inhale Love

and exhale across our planet

waves of compassion and healing.

For we are now one suffering whole

yet wield a power that can never cease

if we as one human family on this earth

breathe with God for healing peace.