January 17, 2023

BE CAREFUL

 

Be careful, comments can kill.

Criticisms can cut and wound.

Silence can silence the other person.

We can crush a bug who is

just going out for a morning walk –

just as we too are going out for

our morning walk. The bug only

got to see its first few moments of life –

but we got our chance to dance

a thousand  dances so far – and

we didn’t notice we killed that bug.

How can the world stop the bombing

of the Ukraine – the killing of

the children – whom we never

saw getting into the dance of life –

and they didn’t either?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello