Bend
© Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita
New Westminster, BC CANADA
Be loving.
Throw shiny pebbles
you’ve warmed in your hands
and held to your heart
into the sea of humanity.
Be kind.
Sail whispers
you’ve whetted with love
and laced with empathy
onto the winds of change.
Be willing.
Embrace with ease
all the sorrows
and joys you are given.
Surrender to the storms of life
Be the solidity of the stones
Be the lingering of the whispers
Be the supple branches of eternity
If you bend you will not break…
Bend.