God's Classroom

We have all come to the right place.

We all sit in God’s classroom.

Now,

The only thing left for us to do, my dear,

Is to stop

Throwing spitballs for a while.  

                                            Hafiz

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we are all people needing to learn

men who are in important places, merely boys, or at worst adolescents

women who are still little girls

childishly we taunt and tease

we gather in cliques,

and sometimes we bully

we are scrambling, scrambling

to figure out who were are,

what we are doing

and why we are doing it

we are incurably self-centered

and so our world is in chaos

as we blunder through life

throwing

spitballs

perhaps it is time again for me

time again for you

time again for all of us

to stop

breathe

and pay attention to the Teacher

the Sacred lessons are found everywhere

in the laughter of the true children

in the rising of the sun,

the beauty of deer

the affection of cats and dogs

they are found in those people

who listen, and care

who accept others

who give gifts of love and compassion

we are in the right place

we all sit in God’s classroom

may the lessons

begin