an invoking

o youth

	attend
	for time is brief
	and you will be surprised sometime
	at the passing of the years

	attend
	because you should keep learning
 	and applying
	principles to causes
	that are good
	that are healthy
	and that serve

	attend
	to love
	of yourself
	though especially to others
	to those you know
	of course
	and sometimes to the stranger
	given it is a time of tissued trust
	and you thicker
	senses and responsibilities

	attend
	to share what’s good
	to keep
	to give
	to hold something in reserve
	in case the war goes on
	with greed
	even with evil
	(other evils)

o youth

	attend
	and live
	please live

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photo by Rebecca Peterson-Hall on Unsplash
Candles in October
(my paraphrase)