Out of the Prison of our Narrowness

I see beauty where the world sees dust

And truth beyond the falsehoods we employ,

Misgiving melting in the arms of trust

Pain and suffering transformed to joy.

I see the breaking of the ego-shell

That gave us strength and formed identity

But now confines us in a corporeal cell

And keeps us other than we ought to be.

I see peace descending on the battlefield

The warring tribes of man subdued at last

By a force so powerful that hate must yield

To love or humankind will not last.

I see a light in the heart of every child

The beauty and strength of women leading us

Towards a Truth, a vision undefiled

Out of the prison of our narrowness.