Mattie Stepaneck

We need to stop.Just stop.Stop for a moment.Before anybodySays or does anythingThat may hurt anyone else.We need to be silent.Just silent.Silent for a moment.Before we forever loseThe blessing of songsThat grow in our hearts.We need to notice.Just notice.Notice for a moment.Before the future slips awayInto ashes and dust of humility.Stop, be silent, and notice.In so many ways, we are the same.Our differences are unique treasures.We have, we are, a mosaic of giftsTo nurture, to offer, to accept.We need to be.Just be.Be for a moment.Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,Like children and lambs,Never judging or vengefulLike the judging and vengeful.And now, let us pray,Differently, yet together,Before there is no earth, no life,No chance for peace.



September 11, 2001© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek



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