Beautiful face soft spirit-yielding Grace
ἐπιεικής a smooth gentle relaxing Lace
Just, fair, patient, in moderation Strong
A spirit of a law keeps us from Wrong-
"Let your Gentleness be Known to All"
Melt the tight adherence--slip and Fall-
Small minds fight the size of my Spirit
Be humane while Rules in others Split,
Wear a gentleness well quiet Authority
You don't need to win to be right & Be
Swell to large rather not than Constrict
As if a well of justice, smiled & Licked-
Dec 28, 2025
Dec 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM UTC
Beautiful face soft spirit-yielding Grace
ἐπιεικής a smooth gentle relaxing Lace
Just, fair, patient, in moderation Strong
A spirit of a law keeps us from Wrong-
"Let your Gentleness be Known to All"
Melt the tight adherence--slip and Fall-
Small minds fight the size of my Spirit
Be humane while Rules in others Split,
Wear a gentleness well quiet Authority
You don't need to win to be right & Be
Swell to large rather not than Constrict
As if a well of justice, smiled & Licked-
Sometimes, it seems to me, it is most difficult to let go, to loose, to let the ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs) spirit us to a melting away so we are able to just walk away, smile and sway, and bend when others break, to breathe in a resilience that hears the silence in the noise.
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