Date: 03-07-2025
Tags: audiothoughts poems
Source: Journals Green & Gold Wishes
Like a deeply rooted oak tree
kindness is a constant
Though the wind & rain should hurl their threats
& rattle her branches
She remains calm & steady
Down go her roots into the earth
& up she lifts her head to the sky
Seasons pass through her & strengthen her substance
Many species of life rise & fall all around her
Each one a witness to & a beneficiary of her compassionate care
Some would grow up around her body & threaten to consume her
to take for themselves her essence
(but can kindness be received in this way?)
Abundantly she gives
& in the giving
she quenches an infinite thirst
No, you cannot exhaust or consume kindness
She is a constant
Eternally rooted
in the soil of love