Tuesday, July 28, 2020

shouldering

He said:  "Not a crutch, but a shoulder."
Spoke to me as I sat alone
pondering sacred surrender.
So imbued in self-responsibility,
in making do to deny desire for more.
So scarred/scared feeling a burden that
none will bear.
Crutches can't be trusted.
Any outside aid so easily denied or
demanding too high a cost.
Yet shoulder to shoulder, if shoulder we find
can be the essence of life
as a gift beyond price.

 
 
 
My values are not based on
"left" or "right", but
wholeness.

 
 
It doesn't need to be about
convincing those who are opposed,
but encouraging and working with
those who create and carry through
useful projects to prove our case.
 
 

7/27/20

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