Wm. Coperthwaite

I've been doing some writing about my friend Bill Coperthwaite which along with photos I hope will become a magazine article. In this poem you will likely understand why.

Love Thy Neighbor

"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself..." 

As much as I love myself? 

I did not understand.

Then it happened.

Could that possibly mean love thy neighbor as a part of thyself?

Suddenly it came alive: a rule to live by.

My neighbor and I are one - as fingers of one hand 

My neighbor's welfare is my welfare - His poverty my poverty,

His happiness my happiness.

Time passed.

The old commandment has grown to mean: 

Love thy planet as a part of thyself. 

Treat it with love and kindness, 

With care, gentleness, and thanksgiving. 

Any harm done to my planet Is harm done to me. 

— Wm. Coperthwaite

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