Heavenly Light, Celestial Bodies, &; Us : Poems & Considerations

From the most ancient of days, those who came before have been attempting to understand what it is to be a human being, and what we are doing here, on Planet Earth. Whatever "we" are, surrounded by flesh and bone, comes to the World with an intention and a script but how is it that we find those who will join in this cosmic theatre either in love, or in war? Somewhere, among all the mythology, lies the truth of the matter. This was my first question, to my father: "What is War?" His reply was: "War is Hell." So is Love, sometimes, when we fall into it.