Just Look, Listen........ Poem by RIC BASTASA

preaching is such an exhaustive job,
so do not do it, besides, no one wants to listen
during these hard times.

just be there, watch and listen, be the servant
of them all,
just look good, or just be good at all.


do not judge, you are not meant to be one,
just watch and listen,
look! a leaf had just fallen from the branch of
the banyan tree,

follow it, follow it until it touches the muddy
ground,
it just rained so hard and the earth is wet and cold,
and here you are,
cold as stone too,

do not judge the fall, do not keep an opinion,
just watch and listen, learn, learn a lot from it,
absorb, and be subdued, do not be the subduer,
do not be the assailant, be the victim of these
deep realities,

be patient, just be patient and wait for the
resurrection of so much joy.