Gather Round

Gather round, gather round

Tell the despairing

And the heedless alike

That Everything has its futures

Everything has its consequences

From one action

Or a thousand inactions

An impossible number of reactions occur

No need to take Karma or Rebirth literally

No need to chant or pray

Or listen to what notional Bodhisattvas say

Ignore at will the Nihilists

And the Reductionists

When they tell you that your anger and your love

Are equally inconsequential

Or that loving Jesus is mental

What takes place in your mind

Heart

Field of endeavour

And your hearth

Matter

To say that nothing does is idle chatter

I declare that there are recurring patterns I say

What you do, feel and say

Do not live only for today

Povey 2014