I baby sat while studying and mostly the babies slept…. We worked 36 hour days The hospital fed us rotten food Cockroaches crawled in the dark and I knew I was draining my vitalityAnd all through the ordeal they said Someday you’ll make lots of money That’s why it’s OK to slave drive You now I weep for you medicineNow you are the other way round Profiteering from illness Fie fie upon you The highest of incomesI tried GodWhen I worked years (10) As a country doctor When I did the best I knew howHead to toe exams with urinalysis and CBC thrown in for $5. They had drilled me so hard To give of myself for free “for the experience” That I could not charge enough, lacking a buffer to collect! After ten years, still poor, with $100 in the bank And drained to the dregs, Knowing suddenly from one step to the next, cold post hemorrhage (Dec.1962) Step to step, walking into a snow white forest Step to step- up rose a clear knowledge- from somewhere in my belly This is not what it is going to Be This is not what I want to do with my life This I must change- this stepRight now- registering the change with surprise I carry many wounds… The wounds of the past have been Healed By prayer The issues are worse More clear The debacle of life… All down the line I followed my ideals, Made no profit 12 Renata Reich Moise At the turn Of the pendulum’s swing Worked with concentration On things “for their own sake” Gave away what I had Expecting God to heal the world, as also myself I see me objectively Impulsive Gambling my all On God is OK She cares for me And will not let me Drop to the uttermost point Will catch me Before I fall Thus safe, I traveled far Ten years traversed this Earth- (1975-1985) Add up the efforts, like Seeds spread far and wide Gods purpose beyond my Comprehension 24 countries hundreds of workshopslectures, talk talk talk-Seed scattering10 April 1985 I Snow flurry starts In April It is Time for Spring Oh ye killers Of the spring expansion Exploding nuclear bombs In the bowels of the earth Is the only feeling You know The feel of a Trigger in your hand? You have lost Without knowing What it is you are missing The luminous Gentle spring expansion Translucent apple blossoms Petals floating earth ward “I have lived in Maine almost 33 years” All’s not well with the world II Things have been lost On earth Without the profiteers
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