“The end of the world will be legal.”
― Thomas Merton
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this morning I peeled myself out of bed
not because I slept so deeply
but because I wanted to
and wanted to still
body tired from travel
from illness
fuzzy and unwilling I look vaguely at the clock
and with fuzzy head
try to remember who I am
why I am here
and just what it is I have to do
Ah, yes!
a day ahead
full of choices
the breadcrumbs of God
and so I put my feet on the ground
and like a wobbly baby
learning first steps I make my way to the desk
where my computer sits
first wrong choice
the news, the articles on Facebook assail me
and my soul is wounded
by so much that just
doesn’t
make
sense (at least to me)
I don’t get what we are doing
What is happening is state after state as laws are
written
in the name of good, in the name of freedom, in
the name of God
that are not good, and are not freeing, and
violate God
laws that promote oppression
greed
violence
hate
laws that beat down people who happened to be women
minorities
poor
vulnerable
laws made by men ( mostly) and women
who are not hunger, or poor
who wear their wealth
and drip power and righteousness
in this moment
as I sit
more than a bit frayed
ragged around the edges
I realize
our capacity to fail to follow the way of the
Sacred
our capacity to act in ways
that will, one step at a time,
one hateful law at a time
destroy others
and ultimately ourselves
they say the world will end with a bang not a
whimper
perhaps the world will end with a whimper not a
bang
and will be sealed with a vote
making it legal
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Oh Lord deliver us from those
who legislate hate and oppression
and do it in your name
O Lord deliver us from ourselves
when we, in fear,
accept those laws, silently
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