By: KJ Hannah Greenberg

Rising

Moving upward might mean the sort of stretching that transports
Untold growth, or a curious progression.
That is, going up can portend, i.e., can herald, favorable bases, or
Can signify spiraling, dreadful outcomes.

Standing higher, akin to North Carolina’s Uwharries, might cause
Inspiration to seep across sundry passages.
Emerging after disappearing can resolve all manner of kerfuffles,
Especially when amends trump afflictions.

Soaring like a chough or sailplane might end in viewing countless
Opportunities if not immeasurable chances.
Climbing, comparable to shinning up tough pinnacles can trigger
Many kinds of stimulation, can acclaim us.

Increasing rectitude might produce the improvements habitually
Skipped through humanity’s carelessness.
Surging, all in all, results in swelling, in engorging, in enhancing
Life’s moments, in securing hopefulness.

Heightening

Orbicular actions don’t allow for the salience to which self-important sorts aspire.
No amount of Crémant or caviar compensates for such ignorance, else bravado,
Just as no measure of defalcating ever truly makes one rich.

See, enhancing one’s worth is never a Baki walk or any other color of swagger.
Kindness, also empathy, are among the necessary bricks for erecting frontage
Indicative of human goodness. Benevolence’s never flashy.

Accordingly, it’s not fancy words nor grandiose thoughts that change lives.
Rather, we’re altered by deeds reflective of munificence. Goodwill,
After all, heals more than applause or moula.
 

Accommodating

Rather than wrap ourselves in verbal banyans, or waste energies guarding
Against being shanked, we’re well-advised to check the diameters of all
Tuyeres leading to individual acts of kindness.

Most instances of willingness to help enable others to embrace a rescue,
Pointedly, else a better quality of life, in general. Such choices
Aren’t faff or drudgery but tonics of hope.

After all, in assisting people, we reveal humanity’s arcanas. Plainly,
We demonstrate how our greatest power remains regular, devoted
Involvement with one another.