nice little poem

[iamom]

The last stanza is so true. Especially when I think about all that I ate yesterday. Oh, well. No regrets, just lighter eating today.

"tomorrow"

It's usually tomorrow in Palestine
before anybody here
has thought of what
could be easily done
to reduce poverty and fear.

It's usually tomorrow in Tokyo
before anybody here
wakes up to what has happened
to their neighbors from afar.

It's usually tomorrow in Melbourne
before anybody here
has bothered to think where wool comes from
and why sheep are so dear.

And it's usually tomorrow
right where we stand today
when we know
what we should have said
and done just yesterday.


December 15, 2002
Brian Fitzgerald (from the Sufi Mystic list)