“in passing”…the common good, my poem

by Richard Subber | May 24, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections

we can pass it forward…

in passing

Sometimes solitude

   doesn’t embrace gratitude,

solitude has meaning and value,

but I am energized by “we,”

and I linger among the smiles

   and do not hurry on

      to the silence of myself…

…hear this, I trust my smile for others,

we can pass it forward

   and never lose a mote of kindness,

we can meet the greetings

   of the meek and the mighty,

and we can cast the seed

   of the common good.

I think that I may think

   on this again.

February 26, 2025

Inspired by “Gratitude” as valued by DeSales University, Center Valley, PA

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