This piece is written by my dear friend, Stephanie B. We met through The Narrative Method, which is an online writing salon that supports creative compassionate development of oneself and community. Stephanie has a lyrically powerful voice. Enjoy listening to her words:

A reality of equals, where the small become tall

And the mighty, the brutal ones, they all fall

A reality where wrong is wrong;

And right is upheld

Where the good things taught when we’re young

Come to fruition, truth has won

To treat others the way we want to be treated

Reigns supreme, and each other are regularly greeted

This new reality conjured up on planet earth

Lying awake at night dreaming of ideas to birth

Millennia of prayers from the young and old

Crying tears, shouting fears of the meek and the bold

Pleading for mercy, why is this world so cold?

To waking up on a new galaxy!

Smiles contagious, a new reality

Pain is no longer the order of the day

Wishes come true, we know our own way

We’re not flailing in the dark

We have no scars or marks

Because we harked, the lessons learned on earth

Learned so that when we’re rebirthed

All of that is behind us, no longer true

We’ve been given a chance to start a new

Doesn’t feel like a rat race or destined for failure

The atmosphere is one of constant surrender

Of ego, moodiness, greed, force, or even divorce

Nothing in this new galaxy would even tame a horse

For everything is allowed to roam free

We don’t have dominion over anything, and never did

Harmony is the way of living – flowing like liquid

Sometimes on this planet people show up

They weren’t invited – kicked out of the club

For what they did on earth – all they did was flub

Up, over and over again, some big some small

But none of them even tried –

busy reaping the rewards while others died

That’s how it was on the backwards planet

Those that did the most damage

Seemed to party the hardest

Have the most – brag and boast

And those that had little or nothing

Had all the faith –

Now they’re in this new galaxy and receiving all the grace

~Stephanie B.