Keith Dovoric Poet Verse

Plow of Compassion

I look down the hill and see the plague in the valley
Ravaging farmer, field and crop alike
Where the bundles are stored and young children are carried
Every motion they take, they go farther from light

All that can help them is the plow of compassion
It too has a memory, it too can yield
May it help them cross rivers of poisonous passion
May its fair irrigation revive every field

I look in the news for one sign of improvement
A chance that conditions have stabilized
The faithful and hopeful are all-too-human
They seed their land to adapt and survive

All that can help them is the plow of compassion
It too has a memory, it too can yield
May it help them cross rivers of poisonous passion
May its fair irrigation revive every field

I check in on the children before my own nightly struggle
Their faces untarnished by the slightest corruption
What weapons have I to protect them from trouble?
What lessons have I to teach them life’s repercussions?

All that can help them is the plow of compassion
It too has a memory, it too can yield
May it help them cross rivers of poisonous passion
May its fair irrigation revive every field.

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James Long July 14, 2020 at 10:27 AM . 111 Words . Here . “Life” 'Lesson 1' . There is a "Mighty Bridge" continuing on into and all throughout this very "Moment." Moving on in "Peace Infinitely!" "Stretching Out" from shore to shore "Rising Up" over the quiet lands, of our "Hate" of our "Love" "Rising Up" over the "Muddy Waters" of our "Indifference" "Towards" "These Efforts." This "Bridge" is the "Mighty Bridge" of "The Conscious and Continuous Journey" into the "Full Acceptance" of our "Creator" of "Ourselves" of "All Life" for just how this "Is" and "Can "All" Be" with "All" of us "Working Together" "Ever-Diligently" "With" our "Creator" and with "All Life" "Consistently" "Continuously, and "Ever-Patiently." Our "Mighty" and Ever-Generous "Creator" will "Meet, and "Greet" us, "Here!"