ƂUᴉLᴉƎƆ ƎꞍꞱ UO ƂUᴉɅᴉL

POETRY CORNER (By Martin H.)

FOUR LITTLE WORDS
Living on the breadline
Choosing to be free … from the
Four little words
That create climate change
Four little words
Collectively destroy
Our precious planet, our health, our peace of mind.
As my teacher Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche taught me
“Your health is your wealth.”

Living homeless taught me that
My physical health
Is my emotional health,
Is my mental health,
Is my spiritual health;
My health is non-negotiable.

Four little words
Create the nuclear time-bomb we see all around us;
Most of us suffer from depression from time to time,
One in four of us is obese,
One in three will develop cancer,
One in two will develop dementia and osteoporosis.
Four little words
The foundation of every modern dis-ease
Four little words
Words that remain hidden in plain sight
Words that remain
Silent
On the lips of
Doctors, nurses, teachers, politicians, journalists, government-trained-nutritionists.

Whenever the GP prescribes another dose of pharmaceutical drugs
Her or his bank balance goes up.
Their mis-information,
Our death sentence

So, being financially poor
(but spiritually rich)
I eat another breakfast,
Free from processed foods and beverages;
“Por favor, ¿puedo tomar un pan integral, con café americano sin leche ni azúcar?
Gracias, amable señor, y usted tiene un gran día!”