.
.
How is it they live for eons in such harmony -
the billions of stars -
.
when most men can barely go a minute
without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.
.
There are wars where no one marches with a flag,
though that does not keep casualties
from mounting.
.
Our hearts irrigate this earth.
We are fields before
each other.
.
How can we live in harmony?
First we need to
know
.
we are all madly in love
with the same
God.
.
~ St. Thomas Aquinas
.
(Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
by Daniel Ladinsky)