The Appropriate Response - SMS Poet 03.25.2020

The Appropriate Response

Stock up on poetry not toilet paper,

Grace rather than guns.

Gorge on love, Which multiplies like loaves and fishes.

Call people and talk for hours,

Fill their hearts with hope.

Hoard every sweet moment of your life

And then release each one into the world

To seed more joy.

Be stingy with nothing, 

Least of all yourself. 

Ensure the shelves of your heart never fall bare,

That your soul seeds new sprouts

And the wings of your imagination

Refuse containment.

May you realize what matters, who matters,

The rock that you can be,

When the world is shaking.

Stockpile only what is limitless, 

And can be shared with all.

(c)  Mary Reynolds Thompson