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