It Is Up to Us
Rami M. Shapiro
1988
It is up to us
To hallow Creation,
To respond to Life
With the fullness of our lives.
It is up to us
To meet the World,
To embrace the Whole
Even as we wrestle
With its parts.
It is up to us
To repair the World
And to bind our lives to Truth.
Therefore we bend the knee
And shake off the stiffness that keeps us
From the subtle graces of Life
And…
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