Vernon Witmer Poet Free verse

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Think

if I said to you “think”
would you then turn to your mind

the one that is full to the brim
with a past that is filled with violence

prejudice, hatred;

all of the history of men
and the foolishness
of wars and greed.

and remember, I said
“think”

and if just a moment
before you turned

you let go
of all expectations

let go
of all words of direction

and surrendered instead.

lost your mind

and surrendered instead
to your heart;

to the possibility
of a different type of thinking,

one that begins and ends
with love.
 
so, to go here  
whatever the word I say,

and begin with love
whatever the word I say,

begin with love;

to always begin with love.

would this not change the world.

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