Lent 14

 

It’s hard not to feel invincible

When we feel invincible

Let’s not blame youth

Those of us in any age

Might forget ourselves

Relying on our defenses

(don’t even think about them)

 

We conquer the world

Forgetting those to either side

Who want more of the same

Or want to live more simply

Not as victims

Not as Alexander, either,

Or Zenobia

 

Live and let live

We might say

But should wonder how there’s such a choice

When no one is a planet

 

C L Couch

 

 

PlanetUser – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45377129

An artist’s rendition of Planet X.