And the people stayed home
by Kathleen O’Mara
And the people stayed home
and read books
and listened.
And they rested
and did exercises
and made art and played
and learned new ways of being
and stopped and listened
more deeply.
Someone meditated, someone prayed.
Someone met their shadow.
And people began to think differently.
And people healed.
And in the absence of people who
Lived in ignorant ways,
dangerous, meaningless and heartless,
the earth also began to heal.
And when the danger ended
and people found themselves,
they grieved for the dead
and made new choices
and dreamed new visions
and created new ways of living
and completely healed the earth.
Just as they were healed.
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