AND THE PEOPLE STAYED AT HOME

And the people stayed at home
And read books and listened
And rested and exercised
And made art and played
And learned new ways of being
And stopped and listened deeper

Someone meditated
Someone prayed
Someone dancer
Someone met their shadow
And people began to think differently

And people healed
And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways,
Dangerous, meaningless and heartless,
Even the earth began to heal

And when the danger ended
And people found each other,
Greived for the dead people,
And they made new choices
And dreamed of new visions,
And created new ways of life
And healed the earth completely
Just as they were healed themselves.