Action & Persistence
To act, to accept.
When facing adversity,
fitting, helpful, both.
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Facing suffering,
neither evade nor invade.
Bear witness, engage.
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Skillful, soulful speech.
Worthy intentions through wise words.
Nothing more, or less.
Useful, fruitful feat.
Hefty impact through kind deeds.
Nothing more, or less.
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Meeting the now, here,
its causes and conditions.
Appropriate actions.
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The circumstances,
the causes and conditions,
the context, they count.
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Dissent and debate.
Discuss until dawn, and duel.
With civility.
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Although fear at times
may make us doubt, shake, shiver,
with courage we win.
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With numbed detachment,
they tended to their homes, yards.
They did what they could.
Removed the dry leaves.
Pruned the shrubs, limbed up the trees.
Futile, yes, perhaps.
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After the fire,
ruins, ashes, sorrows, loss.
Sweeping and cleaning.
After the snowstorm,
fallen giants, floods, frost, grief.
Sawing and clearing.
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May we all prepare,
protect what is valuable.
In case ‘it’ happens.
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Procrastination
is postponing for later,
what's better done now.
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With tenacity,
let’s tackle the tough tasks, now.
For the common good.
With caring, courage,
jump onboard, all hands on deck.
Working for what’s good.
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With grit, discipline,
determination and faith.
Will rise, stand, and walk.
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Walking in the wood,
whether weather warm or cool,
for the soul is food.
Strolling in the ‘hood,
whether feeling bad or good,
elevates the mood.
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Through light and darkness
we walk, we fall, we go on.
Step by step by step.
Alone, together
we learn, we grow, we keep on.
Little by little.
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May we be serum,
dew droplets in drought season,
as moisturizers.
May we be soothers,
relieving soreness, sorrows,
as sympathizers.
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Some may not ‘get it’,
too closed, too set in their ways.
We try anyway.
Some may not ‘make it’,
too little, late, too far gone.
We try anyway.
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Soft belly, strong back.
Inhale, exhale, and repeat,
until doing meets being.
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Until daylight comes,
let’s keep on lighting matches.
Drinking moonlit tea.
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May we lift voices,
to say ‘yes,’ ‘no’ and ‘enough.’
And also, to sing.
May in harmony
our musical notes soar, synched.
Melodic, in tune.
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In silence, wisdom.
Simply sitting thoughts go by.
In stillness, action.
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May we put effort.
And then, only afterwards,
Delegate, let go.
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Kneading takes effort.
Rising happens by itself.
Baking ends the job.
