FEEL MY PAIN

FEEL MY PAIN

I’m one of the five elements! O mortals!

Without me there will be no life, only ordeals!

You need me for everything, tangible or subtle!

Then take care of me, why so apocalyptical!

I’m chopped in the trees awfully,

I’m fumed in the forest painfully,

I’m buried under the skyscrapers absolutely,

Oh! I’m bleeding in the wildlife profusely!

I’m murdered in the womb pathetically,

I’m raped in every minor shamelessly,

I’m tortured in every housewife incessantly,

Oh! I’m lynched in every human being recklessly!

I’m  lying along the footpath's edge,

See, my hands are filthy with muck & garbage,

Alas! I'm also migrant workers stifled rage,

Oh! I'm the tear of every helpless soul in cage.

You capture my floods insensitively,

You ignore me when in parched uncaringly,

You stream me live when I shake terribly,

You silence me when I speak boldly. 

You pollute me, cover me with plastics,

You destroy me with your poisonous chemicals,

When will you learn to care for me?

When will you stop persecuting me?

I’m not your disaster movie, O, human!

I’m the footstool of God Almighty, so divine!

Take off your shoes, feel my pain,

Walk barefoot, do not slain.

- S. Laveena D'Souza

Tanmaya Province / India

Lace Makers to Care Takers

Here you, O descendants of lace-makers

Don't you realize, you! O great care-takers?

What's your vision, what's your mission?

Forget not, communion is your charism

A total double union with self, with others

With God, and with creation, is what matters

Every day, everywhere life is mingled in this mystery

By your life add to this great history

Humility, simplicity, hiddenness, and charity

Let your intentions be polished in purity

Magis, enlarge your tent, Incarnate with Joy

Keywords to live the kingdom alloy

Maxims, Constitutions, Eucharistic Letter and Little Plan

To lead a life worthy of the Little Design

State of your heart and order of the house

A genuine sharing for lasting friendship

Community immersed in the Spirit connected with the world

Consecrating to the Uncreated and Created Trinities

Joining Mary in her Fiat, finding in Joseph the fraternal care

Emptying of self to be filled with Jesus to proclaim the 'Greatest Love of God'

Passion for Christ, compassion for humanity

Live a life of serenity by weaving the lace of diversity

Make peace with Creator and with creation

Thus, make your life a great celebration

- Laveena CSJ

  Tanmaya Province / India