Listening

 ‘No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light. Then pay attention to how you listen; for to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.’
 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’ But he said to them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.’Luke 8:16-21






Listening in Hiroshima

Today we walk amidst memories
children and parents vanished
powerless victims of the poweful
suffering the abuse of the innocent.

We must listen with our eyes and ears
leaning in with our hearts open
the broken hearts of lost generations
crying out for peace.

Paper cranes bright reminders
once laughing children stolen
taken from this fragile earth
by the angry thoughtless bomb.


We must listen with our eyes and ears
leaning in with our hearts open
the broken hearts of lost generations
crying out for peace.

We will be forever changed by today
a small broken piece carried away
an icon of human's selfish folly
God ache in every heart for peace.


We must listen with our eyes and ears
leaning in with our hearts open
the broken hearts of lost generations
crying out for peace.