Give Life as Soul; All One, Thus, Be

              By  L. S. Heatherly

I.

Cast to lands, though, far from thee!

Cast one breath; then all are free!

Into the heart evolved for thee! 

Common soul of humanity!

Into Earth-life emerged with thee! 

Cast soul into human cradle
Eight million strong-- Earth-life labeled!

Cast not into dead Lifelessness!

Be found! With soul, alive with bliss!

II.

Cast alms to poor? Feigned grace we see!

Cast soul to soul: soul-alms set free!

Give life and soul! All one, thus, be!

Sow soul as alms; reap humanity!

Wealth is power, and rules through this:

Parent and child shall have less bliss!

III.

What doth happen; it's plain to see

When, not oft', mind's and heart's refrain 

Meet-up, on Life's seldom used, sweet lane!

Oh, suddenly, our soul slips in!

Mind and heart's-- friend of old,

And bearer of Life's only gold!

Our world transforms, so pure and clean!

Our hearts hold seeds for Child's soul-light,

Wells-up and out-- our Human Spring!

Wakes, now, heart's lone, cold night!

When babe and mother-eyes meet free;

And child finds home on father's knee.

IV.

That parent and child shall have less bliss:

All wealthy men take vows to this!

Cast soul as alms; and free thus be!
Give life as soul; all one, thus, be!

Copyright 2016  L.S. Heatherly

We Shall Know the Truth

          By L. S. Heatherly

We shall know the truth--
That truth is known far less
In pursuit of happiness!

Far more in paths through maze
That lead us to our children's joys.
No more to gun's false fate deploys!

Away from greed, wealth and power;
Into childhood's endless showers
Of growth upon all family ways.

This, down through ancient, human hours;
This human spring comes, still, again.

As long as this may, still, remain
Our true, highest, human power.




Copyright 2016  L.S. Heatherly

What's Killing the US Economy

(quotes from Nick Hanauer, billionaire, 2/8/15 in theatlantic.com)

"Profits once flowed to higher wages or increased investment. Now, they
enrich a small number of shareholders [super-rich shareholders]."

"..economic power has shifted from workers to owners over the
past 40 years..."

"A 3.6 trillion budget shortfall has left... public infrastructure in disrepair."

"Federal spending on...research and development has plummeted 40%..."

"...public university tuition, adjusted for inflation, has more than doubled
in the past 30 years."

       "Where did all the money go?"

"...much of it went to stock buybacks -- more than 6.9 trillion dollars
went to stock buybacks since 2004 [alone]."

"In the past, this money flowed  through the broader economy in the
form of higher wages, and plant and equipment investment..."

"But, today these buybacks drain trillions of dollars of windfall profits
out of the real economy [the American people's economy] and into
a paper-asset bubble, inflating share prices [of the super-rich], while
producing nothing of tangible value [to the American Peoples lives,
well-being, incomes, future and infrastructure]."

[It should be added that the above chunk of the demise of US democracy is
occurring in China, India, Western Europe, Brazil-- anywhere that an
upper 1% are stealthily, illegitimately, taking money from Earth's evolved
natural resources--the Earth's lands, waters, other
natural resources, and from Earth's masses of diverse peoples.--
L.S. Heatherly]



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