HIROSHIMA VIGIL 1987
We stand at sunset on the Mystic Bridge,
Old friends holding flowers.
For twenty-five years we have come together
To sing our prayers for peace.
Look how the fish are leaping out
Of the reddening waters, dancing
To our tune. They have a place
On the tree of life and so do we.
Christ cannot help us, he who predicted
The end of the world in his lifetime,
Nor Mohammed, exhorting the slaughter of infidels.
We must go back in time
To primitive gods who were earthy
And love the planet. We float
Our candles out on the ebbing tide,
Out of the river’s mouth
Into that element that is our element,
Invoking the spirit of the deep:
Save us Jehovah, Father Poseidon,
Preserve our holy waters.
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