http://classicalpoets.org/safe-passage-by-linda-imbler/
'Safe Passage’ by Linda Imbler
To do no harm, no deeds with base intent,
To this end we must teach the little ones
The way of safe passage. In lieu, so spent
Time on a hateful road, the train brakeman
And teary conductor make the announcement.
To this end we must teach the little ones
The way of safe passage. In lieu, so spent
Time on a hateful road, the train brakeman
And teary conductor make the announcement.
Ill-aimed conveyance fueled by malcontent,
Some misfiring heart with broken cadence,
Or sealed, shut mind. Profoundly important
To shepherd all mankind with elegance,
And not yield to the helm of hatred and discontent.
Some misfiring heart with broken cadence,
Or sealed, shut mind. Profoundly important
To shepherd all mankind with elegance,
And not yield to the helm of hatred and discontent.
Afterthoughts for "Safe Passage":
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
Joseph Baretti, quoted by James Boswell
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