14 August

Poem. Listen To Me, My Love. Act Great

by Jon Katz
Act Great. Fanny, Maria, Red. Barn Fantasy

What is the secret to ending your suffering? If you wish to free your mind of fear and anger. Ssssssshh. Listen to me. Speak very softly. Come close to hear me, my voice is the wind, the night, the light.

When I tell you that each stab of pain, of fear, of rage,

is a gift, a whisper from the saints, a rosebud from the angels, a message from the Gods.

What is the key?

Act Great.

When you are frightened.

Act Great.

When you are hurt.

Act Great.

When the small and simmering and angry and broken people of the world hurt you,

and throw their tiny darts at your heart and spirit.

And scatter their bitter ashes over the heart’s golden landscape. Why,  blow them away, out into the sky, to scatter through the universe. Really, just blow the bitterness and fear away.

Act Great, my love. Act Great.

Love in thought, love in sound. Love in movement. Love in the deepest part of your heart.

Take my secret and make it yours.

Act Great.

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