Armageddon Diaries (Number Three) Poem by Eric Cockrell

the root of ignorance is the
inability to see yourself...
to see yourself in others!
when we cross this bridge,
and dare to look, and to
understand, the symptoms
fall away!
prejudice, hatred, greed, pride..
all fall away! what we discover
is the sacred human, the kingdom
of heaven, nirvana...as simple
as changing a baby's diaper!
we learn to love, first by
loving ourselves, and then loving
others. we learn to forgive, by
forgiving ourselves, and thus, others!
what we have perceived as difference,
is only sameness! we who have searched
for god, find him/her in the face of
a neighbor...