Hostages
Surrendering to Compassion,
I play an empath’s game of solitaire
in unity with all the hostages of the world.
Visible and invisible shackles
make captor and captive one—
both bound by Consequences,
that Holy Law of the Universe
that will not be denied.
Other lifetimes of drama await…
December, 1991 revised April, 2004
Flowerpoet 