20 February 2021

For the Kin in Kindness

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 If we are already dead

(if our planet is dying),

I won't hide under the snow, but

will take the pit out from my stomach

and watch it resolve to glow

despite, because, time after time 

resolve means re-solving. 

Finding the solution in my belly

is growth.  Grow.  Glow. 

No stopping, no pity, only kindness.

Listen for the kin in kind.



For earthweal weekly challenge: ALREADY DEAD



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5 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue Sky2/20/2021 1:16 PM

    This is wonderful, Susan, the kin in kind, the re-solving. No other way to go but forward. So nice to see you at earthweal.

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  2. Kerfe2/20/2021 4:30 PM

    I like the way the wordplay enlarges the words.

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  3. Ingrid2/21/2021 2:05 AM

    I like your positivity here. Sometimes I have to remember not to give up hope and continue trying to do some good and of course be kind!

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  4. Mary2/21/2021 9:59 AM

    Beautifully expressed!

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  5. Brendan2/21/2021 4:16 PM

    This, I think, is the gift of living already dead. More alive to the kin in kind. Well done and thanks for response to the challenge. - Brendan

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