the weak ascend

as a small tree

grows upwards

from a hilltop

one must have faith in the magical

the yielding push upward

done gently with devotion,

wood growing within the earth

from seeds

the heaping of small things, done steadily

with imperceptible progress,

yields gradual

invisible growth

thus sincerity is to bring forth offerings,

however humble or meager

Bisbee, 1980