When you descend
Penetrating our skies
Like the moment of conception
When you arrive
Discerning how we are
Not how we wish to be
When you observe
The vast chasm between
Our dreams and our reality
Judge not only
Persistent violence
But see a mother's touch
Lament the planet's scars
Traverse its gardens
And its sweet wild places
Grieve our folly
Know our passions,
Explore each human artifice
And if you bring
A way to reconcile
The sacred and our profanity
If, from your home
You import wisdom
Which transforms us into one
Please share, friend
Or leave at once
Lest we crucify your kind