Pick Up and Pass On

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Among Old Ones

were Gardeners

and Gatherers of Food

Extraordinaire.

They were

Gleaners of Knowledge

handed down

across more Generations

than we can ever know.

If they hadn't,

we would not be here.

Plain and simple.

Problem was:

We Modern Ones forgot

we were supposed to be

Receivers of Knowledge

and we were supposed

to pass it down.

We dropped the Baton.

Now we are trying to pick it up.

We cannot expect

we will know everything

right away

or ever.

But we can expect

Nature is a patient

and loving Teacher.

She has her limits though.

For now,

we need

to be present

and open

that hand to the Baton

we are intended

to pick up and pass on.

~~~~

Glinda Crawford, 2011

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