Centering
The villages of the world
are turned upside down.
No cataclysm: storm or fire or quake,
no bombs from any war,
could have destroyed us
the way we have crumbled from within,
from disrespect and greed.
Now in this smash of meaning,
drowning in despair,
let’s all do what the whales do:
dive deep for life,
to find within our central depths
the dreaming roots of peace.
© Tamara Rasmussen 2018