2009 Poem ‘That Day in Paris’ by Walter Lerchner, U.S.A. from the Book ‘Poems of Love and Seeking’ Pages 37 to 40.

Recently I was thinking: Where is my alliance?
Is it with good, is it with evil?

I know: It is not!

I was thinking: Should I follow my heart?
Or should I follow my head?

I know: I should not!

My alliance is with a vision
that I had on an airport in Paris

Five minutes before She stepped out - into my sight
I felt the friendship of brothers and sisters
united in their love for their Mother

No groups, no races, no religions
No leaders, no workers, no thinkers

No healthy, no sick, no heroes, no failures
Humanity united in their love for their Mother

When she stepped out through that door
I was surprised

Surprised how small she was
Surprised how vulnerable she seemed

Her smile captured my eyes
I gave her a flower
She accepted my heart

Seeing her smile
lifted me beyond her human form
All the way to God

Seeing her children
made me fall in love with humanity

Humanity in all its weaknesses
capable of such a love

Such a love
of children for their Mother

Such a love
of children for each other