I believe in my personally developed rules for life
Do what needs doing
Help others when you can
Go to the funeral
I believe is a big idea
Like, I believe you when you say
Except I don’t, not alway(s)
I lived in the Show Me State, and that suited me fine
I test, second guess, keep my own counsel
I believe in one god, the father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Of all that is seen and unseen.
This is the beginning of the prayer, the Apostles’ creed or the Nicene
the one I learned to parrot as a child
I don’t believe ANY of that anymore, if I ever did
It’s been a long time
I believe is a hard one for me
I grew up cautious, caught on that sometimes
answers were being made up on the spot
pure bluster
In a holdover, I will sometimes think I am lied to when I’m not
Apologize for your mistakes
And make amends where you can
Eat low on the food chain
Clean up your messes
To whom much is given, much is expected
Follow the platinum rule
Do unto others as they wish to be done unto
And go outside, you silly human
I believe in trying
I believe in hope
I believe in holding out for the plot twist
I believe in the present moment
I believe to dust we shall return
Or ash
Or mushrooms
Or daisies
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