by Tim Kavi
screeching in the night
calling out in darkness
searching the hidden
for any hope
of dawning light
crying
the Owl of Athena
looks over the fields
the fields of the world
are stained
crimson with the blood
of many peoples
from many lands
She is ashamed
at what is done in many names
adds to the horror
of the great many acts
of fear and terror
the dismantling of honor
She says
Intolerance is Murder
the council of elders
replies with judgmental sighs
must we tolerate evil?
She says
there is still a way
to define what something is
when one finds the words to say
any doctrine
teaching far and wide
that murder is right
that stealing from another
killing the heart of the Other
chaining the spirits
of those who long to be free
is justifiable
then we know what is evil
and in all cases who or what
can be truly not tolerated
and must be abolished
in the hearts of all
who joined in community
who empowering the disenfranchised
realize what is wrong
or what is right
makes the day bring light
So the Owl of Athena
blinks her eyes at what She sees
in the darkened night
she will still watch the world
as a New Year approaches
but taking hold of hope
and changes in our hearts
see to it that She need not abandon Earth
in Her celestial flight.
"A Poem of Hope for the New Year"~~TK
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