Enmity swirls and builds,
bitter words displease,
bate, reciprocate, expand.
Practice perfect peace.
Doubts swarm, self-effacing
grinding stones without release
wilting confidence, moral.
Practice perfect peace.
Trust adheres to cohorts
as to Teflon, fails to seize,
slides back as misplaced hope.
Practice perfect peace.
Despair is kudzu creeping,
spreading, a malignant disease
freezing movement, weighing tons.
Practice perfect peace.
Isolated, crowded out,
a leaf blown far from other leaves,
friendless, forgotten, forlorn.
Practice perfect peace.
Ancient words from different days:
knock, it opens; a simple “please”
yields what is sought if you but
Practice perfect peace.
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