It’s everywhere

today

not just yesterday,

local, tribal deities

proliferate

justifying

local, tribal wars

of hate.

St. Paul got the

big picture in

verse after verse

pointing to

an all connected

universe,

not just light

from above

but transcendent

and immanent

selfless love,

so though

wars and rumors

persist,

take heart,

keep faith,

do not evil resist,

follow Jesus, the

Buddha, Lao

Tzu,

other

messengers,

and poets

too,

care not

to survive

but in the love of

the Cosmic Christ

abide.