The Saddest Thing

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There is such beauty here.  

I want to send it to every young person out there.

And every growing person as well, no matter the age.

"I am certain the saddest thing is stuffing the stuff

that makes you most you."

Pull out any stuffing you might have stuffed...

give it some air, some light, some music,

even from there in the darkest corners.

And this....this.... this....

"The saddest thing is leaving, leaving the mud,

the soil, the seeds, the sea of of what's here--

leaving your own skin, your own certainty."

This is an amulet for around your neck...

a tattoo on the back of your writing hand,

an engraving on your beating heart.

Make it a screen saver...embroider your pillow 

or a throw across your bed,

on your coffee or tea cup, 

your water glass, your wine glass...

you get the point.

Cherish "the mud, the soil, the seeds,

the sea of what's here."

Namaste'