A lesson taught

A lesson taught

Teach us to be human beings once again
teach us to care  and  be humane
if such things could make us sane
 
Images awake the soul of man
and a world begins to heal  
through winds that blow
through hearts despair
between the limbs of twisted steel
 
Moonlight drips through
  the silent cracking walls
made of grief and pain  
 
Daylight wakes the stubborn heart
filled with things it wants to keep
 
Creates the space within
a centered core of groundness
that builds foundations needed
 
The calm within the storm
a pillar that holds
the compass straight
a place where home is made
gathered in a great circle  
arms stretched out with open hands  
to all those who greet them