If You Would Change the World
Take care, for what you plant
will later be your harvest
Sweet or bitter, it's your choice my friend
Cast not forth seeds of anger
nor bitterness nor fear
The fruit of such is poison in the end
Tread lightly as you pass
let every step be measured
where good seed may have earlier been sown
Lest in a careless way
you trample someone's garden
and kill the goodly crop that might have grown
May everything you do
and all the words you speak
build up and nurture everyone you meet
When harvest time arrives
the reaping will be joyful
and the fruit thereof so full and bright and sweet
If you would change the world
for better in the long run
begin by making changes in yourself
Wait not for all the others
to take this course of action
Leave all of your excuses on the shelf
Take up your seed and walk
and start your garden planting
sowing it in love along the way
And bountiful will be
the fruits of your hard labor
growing ever sweeter every day
Copyright © Michael Wise | Year Posted 2019
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