Tag: suppleness

On the Supple Application of Power

Stone

Majestic

Formidable

Hard

weak

water

soft

supple

tenacious

Power

It is the hard
Which asks me
To be soft

The unyielding
Asks me
To yield

So I become the cloud
Pass over the peaks
Flow through the valley
I align with the supple forces
Which overcome the implacable

I watch the clouds
Dominate the mountains
I see the rain
Cleave the stone

I understand
How the soft
Is stronger
Than the hard

Harder to hit
More fun to drive
A pleasure to touch
A challenge to follow
Tangle of wire
Plateful of noodles

Arc vs line
Hard vs Supple
Crooked as a fish hook
Straight as an arrow
The well-trodden path
The less-travelled fork

Resistance is necessary
Violence is not

I will be the willow
And not the hammer
I will be the water
And not the rock

Where there is hate
I will love
Where there is greed
I will give

Hard
Solid
Stolid
Resolute

All such admirable
Qualities of stone
Though I prefer

Soft
Supple
Flowing
Fluid