Anchored To Her Soul
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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu had a surreal journey through life,
inspired by a vision
she left her home in the rural countryside
of Albania and went to Calcutta India
a place lost to time.
The established traditions of the people
included ones of casts, servitude, and privilege.
She witnessed wanton cruelty
and bigotry openly displayed.
Among the crowds, she saw starving children,
untouchables, with bloated bellies begging for food
as scorn and laughter mocked their pleas.
And she made it her mission in life
to help as many of India’s poor as she could.
She was appalled that another’s pain could trigger
such barbaric behavior.
Fear forces a self-imposed silence
that unwittingly enables bigots and bullies.
So, we look the other way and shamefully walk away.
We have little love for strangers
even though Jesus asked us to
love thy neighbor as thy self.
Most humans are a selfish lot
chasing the almighty dollar no matter the cost.
Most perhaps; but not all have severed their souls
from their hearts, there are still a few tethered to both...
the ones we call Saints.
Mother Teresa was one, firmly anchored to her soul
she held her ground until the day she died,
choosing not to walk away.
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12,19,2019
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