Friday, February 12, 2021

Dedication


This morning I woke early with words in my head. I could not get back to sleep without finding what they wanted to say and committing them to memory, so that they'd not be lost by morning. I have been working toward completion of a new book, and these words came to me as the...

 Dedication


To those who love
& those who have been loved

To those who touch
& those who have been touched

To those who hold
& those who have been held

To those who posses
& those possessed

To those who need
& those whom others need

To those who use
& those whom others use

To those abused
& those who are abused

May we all find
forgiveness, redemption
and restoration of lost innocence
in our hearts


2 comments:

Marie Smith said...

Amen.

Welcome back.

Peter Clothier said...

Thanks, Marie. I'm trying to finish the second draft of a novel I've been working on, so The Buddha Diaries has been unceremoniously shunted aside in recent days, um... weeks. Cheers!