Line to Tow

Line to Tow

Everyone who lives

on Mother Earth.

Everyone you ever meet.

Everyone you ever know.

Everyone you don't know.

All of us here have a line to tow

---things that we each

need to learn in life.

Some need learn

to control themselves,

some need to learn to let go.

Some need to learn not to

doubt themselves so much,

some need to learn

that they're not always right.

Some need to learn

to be more giving,

some need to learn

that they're as important

as those they try to help.

Some need to learn how powerful

their spirit really is,

others need to learn

we all are just living specks

on one tiny blue dot

among billions upon billions of others.

Some need to learn more patience,

some need to learn

when enough is enough.

Some need to learn

they can take care of themselves,

others need to learn

it's OK to let others help them.

Some need to learn to be

more trusting of others,

some need to learn to be

more cautious.

Some need to learn

to not be so believing of their culture,

some need to learn to have faith

that nature knows

what she's doing

by evolving people.

Some need to learn not to

act without a little forethought,

others need to learn

when to have some faith

and jump into the unknown.

Some need to learn

to love wonder and learning,

others need to learn

when they've learned enough.

Some need to learn to ask

themselves a few questions,

Some need to learn

to have some faith

in the answers they've found.

Some need to find out

what they need to learn,

some need to learn

what they need to unlearn.

Some need to learn love and affection

come in many kinds,

some need to learn how to give

of their soul

and love with their entire being.

Dewey Dirks