My World

My world
My world
I was born in you
You gave me my life
I breathe your air
I drink your wine

I'm a child
You are God
You speak to me 
of my life
As I walk through
I experience you

When did it start
When will it end
I don't know
But when I look to the sky
and see the sun
When I breathe your air
then I believe
Life won't end for me

I've been a bird
I've been a tree
I've been a stone
I have shone like the stars
I have blown as the wind
I've talked with the fish
but I'm a man
that's all I am

I've been alive
only for a short while
But as I get to know you
I begin to see
Life is to love
and the world
should live in peace

As I get to know you
I begin to see
Life is to be loved
and the world
should live in peace

Copyright © 1972 Abe Flowers

Poems by Abe Flowers