Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping
than you can understand.
—"The Stolen Child,"
by W.B. Yeats
Reflection
Too many drunks and druggies have dispatched them-
selves and their children from this earth, be it by auto-
mobile, by house fire, or by violence. Dry drunks
inflamed by power have dispatched hundreds of thou-
sands of young people to die for love of country, when
in reality it's lunatic power and madness disguised as
patriotism for which it's being done.
Affirmation
Lord of place, protect me from anger and violence this
day, so that I may not harm any human being. May
there be peace in my day.
