<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="">In the Event of Another Morning</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>In the event of another morning,<div class="">I ask all those inclined to a violent act,</div><div class="">of whatever sort, physical, psychological, economic,</div><div class="">to remember your mother’s breast and </div><div class="">the soft sound of her breath in your ear.</div><div class="">If you lost your mother, remember your longing and your pain.</div><div class="">Remember your beating heart and your dying day.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning,<div class="">I ask all those inclined to a violent act</div></div><div class="">to remember the pinprick of recognition </div><div class="">in the perception of their hallowed face. </div><div class="">Remember that time dismisses all beings equally</div><div class="">and honor is the coin of the realm. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning, </div><div class="">consider allowing yourself to be held </div><div class="">by those whom you would harm, feeling </div><div class="">the gentle warmth of their arms, and </div><div class="">the yearning of your heart. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning,</div><div class="">let not the hardship of the sowing </div><div class="">rob you of the richness of the harvest</div><div class="">that will come with your patience. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning,</div><div class="">might we know together the fresco of our passions</div><div class="">and study the patterns of our birthright. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning,</div><div class="">there will be lessons and we would be wise to listen.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the event of another morning, may the sun rise on your forgiving face. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Tim Hicks</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>