Thunder Storms

Thunder Storms

A wise man once said

that it is not only

the thirsty

who seek water,

but the water

seeks the thirsty

as well.

This is why that within

our cultures there are

a vast cornucopia

of ideas many of which

seem to conflict with

one another.

Nature is compassionate

as practicable to all

even those with whom

most disagree, so that

even for people

whose time has past

and whose ideas

are passing away,

life eases the transition,

with just enough events,

songs, and art

to soften a bit, their pains.

So when you are

bothered by the

terminally

nationalistic

chantings in

our mass media

or by the rants

of those who

who would have us

discriminate against

our fellow man

remember,

nature and mankind

are on the move

to a new kind of life,

and those are old attitudes

whose time

is passing away.

You know, thunder storms

howl the most

just before they

are gone.

Dewey Dirks