Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Healing the Planet

Healing the Planet:
To the Blessed Beauty

"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, 11. Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd (Tablet of Maqṣúd)

How can we heal the planet
of the wounds inflicted
by the greed
of those who follow
their own selfish desires?

The Divine Physician
has prescribed the remedy
for the afflictions plaguing Earth.

How do we mend humanity,
heal its soul of the hate
that separates and segregates
the children
of Eve and Adam
sharp shards of severing glass?

Citizens of the planet
humanity is a single species
maturing into its spiritual reality.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is Poem 3 of 200 Dedicated to the Blessed Beauty.