(a message of hope at Christmas)
by Tim Kavi
after the bare
moment of life
there are lines
lines of the heart
tiny beats that carry a promise
of a life that will grow
and even in the beginning of Winter
there is the birth of divinity
celebrated all over the world
beats of humanity
that in that birth is a hope
we all know
look inside you
lines of the human heart
are everywhere
in the hope of a child
to be loved and nurtured
and held
in the hope of a people
who long and sometimes struggle
to take unknown steps
to a new freedom
in the hope of families
to find each other again
even though miles
and life has chipped away
at the core of the love they knew
in the hope of love
direct utterances and declarations
of our greatest hope
to never be alone
but to be loved and affirmed
in the uniqueness of who we truly are
there are lines of the heart
connecting me and you
brother to brother
sister to sister
connecting us to experience
hurts and sorrow
joys in the morrow
to say to the chained
you are free
and to walk in
humanity's greatest hope
enduring peace
and freedom
in the true lines of the heart
a call to dialogue
and to a response
only to become
who we are all meant to be
unique and totally free
from the constraints of body
to the oneness of us
so that in those fading lights
there are still lines of the heart
on some ECG
and monitor
transcending
to another place
lit by grace
hope still beats
in the lines of the human heart.
