On a Poem from a Champion of the Cause: Our Lord is delighted

It was a discussion about poetry in an elevator that led to a conversation about the Baha’i Faith with my friend Charles King a  decade ago or so.  We worked in the same building then, but now Charles and his wife Peggy are serving the Cause in Oklahoma. Charles used to bring poems to read at our monthly “Spiritual Meeting” at Wright’s Park, a long-running Tacoma devotional. He has shared a chapbook or two with me over the years. I asked him to send me some poems for Baha’i Views, and he did. Charles has chosen “blackoaktree” as a moniker. Good choice. The picture is you, Charles. -gw

A POEM FOR PEACE

No lesser Peace 
 

     One day a great peace will come 

wherever there is a rising sun

but before that time

lots of work has to be done. 

First- we talk to each other

like loving sisters and brothers

put our weapons away

don’t take violence any further. 

We have new tools to work with now

a plan and direction shows us how

to become a world united

trade guns for a fish net or a plow. 

We have an opportunity

to build love, trust, and honesty

Our Lord will be delighted at

progress toward Universal Peace. 

So please rise and stand with me

let’s join hands to promote peace

it is time now- to 

start changing history.