Bicentenary Poems and Prose

World Citizen

World Citizen:
To The Blessed Beauty

"The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch."

Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXXXII: “The Purpose of the one true God, exalted…”

Can you see Earth as a single nation?
If so,
you are a world citizen.

Citizens of Earth,
fruits of the tree of humanity,
look beyond today.

Can you imagine a world without war?
A planet unified,
and peaceful.

Citizens of Earth,
leaves of the tree of humanity,
do not give up hope.

Because the Blessed Beauty reveal it,
I can see Earth as a single nation,
I can visualize a world without war,
and humanity as a single species.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is Poem 88 of 200 Dedicated to the Blessed Beauty.