Bird or Dog

For years we have acted
And been treated like—
Dogs.

We are as free
As the soaring eagle;
As active as a 
Hummingbird,
Yet we wallow in the mud
Of our own making, like
Hogs.

Bark Pavlov! ! !
Your bell is rung—
Respond without feeling
Until you have killed the sun,
or OPEN YOUR HEARTS
To Love
And Understanding
Realizing the heaven around us—
Not up above.

Bark Pavlov! ! !
Or drift away
Without a sound
While the others play.

Open your eyes
To see
The hope for life
To become and be.
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