If Any of You Lack Wisdom

I wrote to my people
a few words of counsel

and though I always felt
the weight of God’s call

I didn’t know how one sentence
could strike rough stone

and ignite purifying fire
across time and space

to cleanse a foreign world
I never imagined—

truth is worth telling
even if only one person hears

even if you’re only talking
to yourself

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