The Strength of a Pause

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Pause when you are angry

Pause when you are sad

Pause when you are happy

Pause when you are informed

Pause if you don’t know

Pause if you are hostile

Pause if you are blessed

Pause if you are stressed

Pause instead of assume

Pause and don’t abuse

Pause when judging harshly

Pause when thoughts are binding

Pause always Pause

Sometimes, we just need to Pause

be thankful, appreciate, soak in, and bathe

in the glorious blessing

Pause and dissect the turbulent

less than

Pause and Simply Breath

In One Breath

In one breath, we take oxygen

In one breath, a baby is born

In one breath, we speak

In one breath, we relax

In one breath, ecstasy expressed

In one breath, the lungs expand

In one breath, molecules work

In one breath, life transforms

Insignificant hidden action

Life-altering transforming function

In One Breath

To Be Humane

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City lights glow

The wind subtly blows

People walking the streets

In a hurry to work, they go

or perhaps to eat or feast

going home or simply walking

sitting on a sidewalk, panting

would you pass by a homeless

or give them something for free

because they are a sister or brother, after all

they once walked the same streets

and still will, long after we all go home