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compassion,

you have been sleeping late,
so wake up, wake up now!

you are much too innate
to be speaking without sound;

you are the face of all that suffer
and in life,

no one suffers more severely than another.

sometimes, i see you awaken;

two strangers begin to cry---
and a hug between them is taken.

:::

i see a canary coop;

this car,

is painted in a color easily unignored.

its fenders,
always in a bender with another car;

a fender bent is another's discontent

with how its presents on the outside;

pink fender in the front, blue fender in the rear,

and canary all around

but the coop stands its ground.

:::

do unto others

as others do unto you;

the Lesson of Gold

is but the greatest mirror;

you-do-unto-you;

you are all of those
whom you encounter in life;

reflections of you are repeated

over and over and over

until you realize that 

what you-do-unto-you

is giving the most magnificent

form of love that exists.

:::

heal in order to let go.

let go in order to heal;

these are sentences

that provide a problem-absolution.

listen folks, life itself

is a problem-absolution.