Mantra
More love and light into my eyes and out of my mouth. More love and light applied like lotion to my children’s dry elbows and jaw lines. More love and light cast out of our open doors and windows. More love and light for the neighborhood, the noonday fireworks displays, the loud engines, the strange dogs in the yard, the waves and gifted skateboards to my son. More love and light into the air to burn away viruses and sandstorms until vaccines arrive and global currents die down. More love and light toward those that feast on hate and shadows, the red-capped humpers of homogeny, the ones who belch smoke and stone walls. More love and light for everyone who needs a torch to guide them. More love and light for everyone. More love and light like a biblical flood, let it swell until it reaches the moon, let it saturate every inch of the earth, let it be the water and the Ark.