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When some other poet has already said

all there is to say—

where does that leave you?

 

Between writing and not writing,

choose to ponder.

Between proclaiming and silence,

choose observation.

Between knowing it all and ignorance,

choose to be compassionate.

 

In fact, you can stop right there:

Choose compassion.

The suffering of those you love

(a wider population than

you had suspected)

is harder to bear

than your own.

If you find yourself

relatively free of suffering today,

then spare some thought for those

who have more than their fair share.

 

Between this and that,

between one thing and another,

choose compassion.

 

 

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