This makes me think of a poem by Madeleine L'Engle called "The Risk of Birth". It has religious overtones, but she was raising her kids during the Cuban Missile Crisis and I can only imagine how scary it was:
This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late.
That was no time for a child to be born, In a land in the crushing grip of Rome; Honour & truth were trampled by scorn- Yet here did the Saviour make his home.
When is the time for love to be born? The inn is full on the planet earth, And by a comet the sky is torn- Yet Love still takes the risk of birth.
I'm sure that's what our parents said about us. And probably their parents before that. Let's not fall into the trap of dumping our problems on our children. Let's all work to make this world better. In any way we can
motivatinggiraffe on June 19th, 2017 at 22:58 UTC »
giraffe'd :)
http://i.imgur.com/3iZKVY8.jpg
bunnylover726 on June 19th, 2017 at 23:45 UTC »
This makes me think of a poem by Madeleine L'Engle called "The Risk of Birth". It has religious overtones, but she was raising her kids during the Cuban Missile Crisis and I can only imagine how scary it was:
This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late.
That was no time for a child to be born, In a land in the crushing grip of Rome; Honour & truth were trampled by scorn- Yet here did the Saviour make his home.
When is the time for love to be born? The inn is full on the planet earth, And by a comet the sky is torn- Yet Love still takes the risk of birth.
SoManyNinjas on June 20th, 2017 at 00:04 UTC »
I'm sure that's what our parents said about us. And probably their parents before that. Let's not fall into the trap of dumping our problems on our children. Let's all work to make this world better. In any way we can