fully radpole
A candle for..
Bondi.
Women in Afghanistan.
Those being held in Israel without just cause.
Those held hostage by Hamas.
Lives lost in the genocide in Gaza.
Those serving in Ukraine where time limits on service have just been removed.
Nations of the middle east where regional conflict is intensifying.
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
turn your face to the sun..
i can’t make the world be peaceful
I can’t make the
world be peaceful
I can’t stall tanks
from roaring down roads
I can’t prevent children
from having to hide in bunkers
I can’t keep a madman from
creating heartbreaking headlines
I can’t convince the news to
stop turning war into a video game
I can’t silence the sound of bombs
tearing neighborhoods apart
I can’t turn a guided missile
into a bouquet of flowers
I can’t make a warmonger
have an ounce of empathy
I can’t convince diplomats
to quit playing truth or dare
I can’t deflect a sniper’s bullet
from turning a wife into a widow
I can’t stave off a schoolyard being
reduced to ash and rubble
I can’t do any of that
the only thing I can do
is love the next person I encounter
without any conditions or strings
to love my neighbor
so fearlessly that
it starts a ripple
that stretches from
one horizon to the next
I can’t force peace
on the world
but I can become a force
of peace in the world
because
sometimes all it takes
is a single lit candle
in the darkness
to start a movement
oh, Spirit,
let me be a candle
of comfort in this world
let me burn with peace
~ john roedel
novalunosis
lost and found
I went to a P!nk concert!! (Which gave me excuse to dye my hair pink for the first time!) And D2 found us in the crowd!