Before I sleep, I Declare...

A Declaration of Communion

by Rose Marie Raccioppi Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York

Before I sleep, I Declare... OUR connection, our interplay, the spirit of commune is real. To all who visit... Let us be among those who have chosen to celebrate the ultimate beauty of bonding across differences, across the false separation of humankind, the animal kingdom, and the grace of Nature. We are to hold to a consciousness that brings us to be ONE in love and glory. ONE with the knowing of GOD.

Let us bond in gratitude with the waters, the vegetation, the growing life upon Earth that provides food, shelter, clothing. Let us honor and protect the air we breathe, the Earth we walk, the vast vistas of the firmament, and the TRUTH we behold in heart, in soul, in light, in breath, in BEING.

YES, feel it... OUR connection, our interplay, the spirit of commune is real.

— Rose Marie Raccioppi