New Poem: "Now Is Your Only Context"

 Now Is Your Only Context

 

“Behold, be grateful, and forgive that

which you did not understand or control,”

said he, when he appeared to have his

portrait painted. “For life is divine, it is

perfect, and it naturally manifests the will

of the creator.” Everyone’s right, and

everyone’s wrong, and the world is always

changing; but not every one knows this,

which is why the world is in such a mess.

The eco system is out of whack—oceans

rising, deforestation, desertification, air

and water pollution dangerously close to

the point of no return, with religion no

longer sufficing to tame man’s reptilian

brain; it’s a sad situation, and we’re running

out of time. But that’s only one paradigm.

There’s another that’s always in play—

the merciful law of divine reconciliation;

and what we do today will be tomorrow’s

salvation. And before the artist completed

his portrait, the man said: “There is no

other time or place to find yourself. Now

is your only context.”