Contemporaries of My Soul
“Who are my contemporaries?”
Juan Gelman asked himself.
So often, for me
it is not the people I know
in the here and now.
There are a few
with whom I resonate in unexplainable ways.
More often, however,
it is people long gone,
people I have never met,
people who left me a wisdom
and a legacy which resonates with my sould
and makes me feel as if
we knew each other in a way
that transcends understanding.
It's poets like Lao Tzu,
Pat Parker,
Adrienne Rich, and
Audre Lorde.
It’s spiritual teachers like
Ram Dass,
Toltecs,
Thich Nhat Hanh
and Osho.
It’s the paintings of Jesus and Buddha
on Phoenix Island.
Cat Stevens singing about
The Peace Train
John Lennon
asking us to imagine,
Malala Yousafzai
fighting for women’s rights, and
Jhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
who worked for peace and healing
There are my contemporaries
of the soul.
Who are yours?
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