Tag: suppleness

Implacable

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