Sad tears
                             of acid rain
                             streaking her lovely face,
                             she valiantly strives to keep on
                             giving.

                                           © Andrea Da Costa

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~



"A human being is part of a whole called by us the "Universe", a part limited in time
and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something
separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us restricting us to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from
this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty".
~ Albert Einstein