Poem April 14, 2003 Issue

Dear neighbor, I love you

Gloria Onyuru

Dear neighbor, I love you.
If only you knew how much!
How I yearn for you to have freedom, prosperity,
peace,
(Just as I Yearn for mine.)
With no bondage, no poverty, no war—
There would be such.

Dear neighbor, God loves you.
If only you knew how much!
How Soul embodies your identity, your integrity,
your joy,
(Just as She does mine.)
With no confusion, no incursion, no loss—
There would be such.

Dear neighbor, God loves us.
If only we knew how much!
How Mind maintains our purpose, our wholeness,
our goodness,
(Just as He always will.)
With no hate, no hurt, no evil—
There would be such.

But, there is so much of such!
All of this that I wish we knew
Is already true!
All we have to do is know.
The new neighbor of Christ's making.
It's now here for the taking.
Such is so much!

—Gloria Onyuru
Ankara, Turkey

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