Good Measure

be counsel to yourself
and take good measure
of good food
of good words
of sunshine
and rain

be counsel to yourself
and take good measure
of good laughter
of good song
of activity
and repose

none of this
is charity measured
but abundance itself
sweet gratitude
for the self
and the other

for in the end
we are all the parent
we are all the voice
we are all the one
who brought us here

for in the end
we are the beginning
all the peace and joy,
the potent wisdom
that keeps the world kind