SamadhiMuse

Human (a reflection on the Viet-Nam War)
I could not weigh papers
on the same scale with tears
I could not tell a widow
the love she knew as life
had been worth the papers price.
I could not look in eyes
that saw mine
and doubt God's image.
gallagher
25Jul71

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

Sometimes I can see Jesus stood it
and sometimes I see that Buddha did too
but as yet it seems a bit strange
that I should be able to too.
The fullness of the light waiting
for us to break through.
Here at home, through our own stained screens
with tired people and our mortgaged dreams,
that it should be here
it still seems a bit new.
gallagher
24Jan72

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —