Criminal?

(for the Baktiharis & other refugees)

Criminal?
Depends on your point of view?
We, behind razor wire are depicted as such
Yet all we do is flee
Flee our enemies looking for freedom
Flee our fears, hoping to develop trust
But then
Flee our captors, avoiding beatings

Criminal?
Depends on your point of view?
Those, with power, determine who will touch
This sacred soil, called Australia
Soil, which flows through our fingers
Soil, in which we hope to grow our own vegetables
But then
Soil, red & dusty of detention centres

Criminal ?
Depends on your point of view?
Are you free, or imprisoned – what’s your hunch?
This body, or this soul
You can tie the body, but not bind the soul
Physically separate, but not drag apart like minds
But hen
The body may resist, but the soul withers

Criminal?
Depends on your point of view

Reflections on Philippians 2:2

Being like-minded
challenges conventional thinking
yet the journey will reveal
scenery beyond splendour
while the destination
beckons sensuously

Having the same love
flows from the Love giver
enabling each to look beyond
the narrow confines of self
towards the other and the
wider world waiting still

Being one in spirit and purpose
occurs when encouragement,
comfort, fellowship, tenderness
& compassion permeate the pores
of your relationship, holding together
in times of distress & pointing
forward to a future hope