Ripples, for Judy
It is incumbent upon us,
(no, it is our honor and destiny)
to be the stone that creates
ripples that will last long after
we ourselves have disappeared from view.
We are the poets, the painters,
the photographers, the storytellers...
the creators of long enduring waves
for the people around us to feel
and enjoy and recreate in their own image.
We do this by focusing our stone's throw,
our efforts, on the beauty of truth –
using our grace, our faith, and our knowledge of love.
What we create goes over, around and through...
touching every other being in our little ponds.
Our ripples swirl... reacting and responding
to the changes that come before them.
Those ripples change and grow and transform,
acting of their own volition once started.
How will your ripples begin?