Be
Not
Today!
If, I could turn away my eyes
today, from Death tomorrow
----------- only would I see
Beauty, in every leafen face
and bud beneath -----------
this aged now of yesterday.
If, I could turn away my eyes
today, from Death tomorrow
----------- only would I hear
Beauty, sing from birds
and babes -----------
without the screaming
crys of pain from Beauty's
other living things.
If, I would turn away
my heart ----------- today
from Death tomorrow
and not allow my soul
to grow ----------- to know
that rabbit's fur
in eagle's claw -----------
is unmasked Beauty
without a flaw
then
Death would be
today
not tomorrow.
