Lessons from Nature

You can now listen to this poem in audio format in the link below.

https://anchor.fm/alifeofvirtue/episodes/Lessons-from-Nature-euki3q

A poem I wrote inspired by the key themes of the Tao Te Ching.

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Nature, teach me how to live

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To embrace change and

Flow effortlessly like the steady stream

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To embody the wisdom of the trees

Who shed their leaves in the fall

Scattering their vibrant colours and

Peculiar shapes across the forest floor

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So to can I

Learn to let go

Liberate and regenerate

For refresh and renewal

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Nature, you do not judge

Night from day

Calm from storm

Chaos from order

What seems split in two, is all but one

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And you do not rush

With time and ease

All that needs to be done is done

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Nature, let me learn from you

Let me immerse myself in the vast natural world

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For I am you, and you are I

I am…