Settle down.
Shallow breath
Can't row your boat
Merrily down
Or up the stream.
Wise sage said,
“Don't push the river.”
Yet you’ve scooped it
up in your arms
And carry it on your back.
It’s not yours to push or carry,
Nor is the world.
Not like this.
Desperate time’s
Desperate measures
Aren't adding up.
We're all in this river together.
Dammed we’re divided
Divided we fall and drown.
Tread.
Tread water
For the long haul.
The pandemic’s pandemonium
drowns out the sounds of
Earth tipping its axis
to wake us up.
Birds still chirp.
Squirrels still forage.
Azaleas open
As tulips bow and exit left.
This world is a stage
and
This can be our finest act.
If
We
Trade arrogance for humility.
Ditch judgement for peace.
Cash in criticism for praise.
Swap cruelty for humanity.
Choices.
Many on the table.
What will we choose?