Like currents of a roiling gulf
The widening path of wand’ring wolf
From pebbly streams to dust-swept plains
To forests lush with monsoon rains
The wide circumference of our world
Can shrink to fist, long fingers curled
Around a center hot and molten
A beating heart, both black and golden
To where there’s ache, enough to bury
Hungry souls, such weight they carry
But do not think that spirit steeps
In pools of pain, or restless sleep
Those less of fortune weave their way
Not just in thought and prayers we say
To joint relief in form of hope
Gritty as it scales in scope
Life has shown that good and grace
Does not come from a single place
Just as we share the sun and moon
Our ears all prick to well-known tune
Let palms spread wide, set pursestrings loose
Make partnership the thing we choose
It’s the common goal will save us all
Though reflex slow, still catches fall
This grand experiment we live
Has yet to glean, has more to give
We’ve bare achieved all that we may
Let innate goodness lead the way!
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