The center has absolutely not held - Harold Sloane

[Lawrence Robinson]

The center has absolutely not held

Here in the heart of this falling apart

Fear takes charge

Exposes sacred fragility in the lives of us all

Each now calling on what we know

Or think we know

Craving to claw our way out

Conjure back those truly lost and shattered shards

And magically adhere them to themselves once again

While At 4AM, sleepless

I sit under the porch eave and wonder

In wonder as the first rains of Autumn bless a thirsty dry Earth

That has waited patiently so long to be thus blessed

Fed renewed nurtured and loved

While the great wheel of Creation takes nothing for granted

Offers thanks for the ability to go on

Rise and fall

And endure

	- Harold Sloane