Every place upon which the soles of your feet will tread will be yours. Your border will extend from the desert and Lebanon, from the river—the Euphrates River—to the western sea ~ Deuteronomy 11:24
I’d like to extend my borders even further –
from the equator to the north pole
and then keep going until it hits the south.
Let the eastern and western hemispheres
be under my purview, so all the continents
and all the oceans, and all the hidden
magnificence beneath the surface that
human beings only suspect exists
be rolled into my portfolio.
Then, by the laws of real estate, let me
declare it all a national park. No,
that’s not right, an international park.
Let’s remove the word nation from
the vocabulary and call it a world park –
free for all to live on and share and
observe the new laws of kindness that
will govern the new super-territory Earth.
The laws of kindness will extend to
how we inhabit the planet, too.
We’ll acknowledge the wind and sunlight
are our friends. Trees too. They’re the best.
Let us forget the words sword and gun.
Let the words missile and proprietary
get replaced by the missing bees.
These are the new borders I declare –
manipeace destiny
All rivers lead to home.
Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 29 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.” Visit him at www.JewishPoetry.net
