photo: jude genereaux
“What Right Have I”
by Jude
Genereaux
What right do I have
to
luxuriate in such exquisite beauty?
people are starving in Africa
children die in the killing fields
the mid-east festers,
ticking
What right …
to
sit gazing at sun dazzled water
lined
in cliffs of white, bumblebees pop & whizz
through
candy cane striped flutes
gulls
glide, weightless over the
navy-blue-white-frothing
bay
I sit idle in a field
studying the lace of white pine;
Would I dare to hope this is karma, reincarnation?
I am aware of nothing I did to earn this moment
even as I recognize the truest
sin
would be to not rejoice
in such grace
When I return home I promise to write
my
congressmen, send money to good causes
but for this moment
my
sole Duty, my responsibility
is to take Notice of this
perfection
and be
glad.
~
first published in Base Camp
