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JERUSALEM NOW

Now, histories disperse
in memory’s hollow curse,
in post gun-shot silence.

Just as Now, futures break
through the terrorized fake,

And Now, no win nor gain,
just a burst pipe dripping
of pleasure and pain.

And Now, this haunting dread
from circuits in the head
drops down like lead.

And passion, she’s redeeming
Here, Now, beyond the seeming,
Her fire is rising
through holier witness,
scared smoke deceiving
a brighter light
pure in the midday sun.

Now, Jerusalem,
she cannot reject
this sacred sky,
and even time
will not divide.

I am here.
In many-cultured
garments of peace,
a cousin of eternity
infinite in the manifold.

Georgi Y. Johnson

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The passion to serve the 'other' in the relief of suffering through processes of awakening is born out of the simple truth that it makes me feel better. Your welfare is my welfare. We never were divided. The love we share is the love we experience. So it is with peace.

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