DESERT SERMON

Don't do the pain.
Sun is hot above.
Do the love,
so much better then.

Don't say the words.
Be slow to anger now.
Sun grows warmer still.

Don't raise the hands,
Keep them gentle now,
Stay silent in the sun.

Look outward now.
There is so much pain
Where others hurt.

Now lift up those hands,

Ease a little pain away.

The sun is hotter still.

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