Thereafter

Give over innate oppression, fool sands,
breaking weather stirring apathy and guilt
for common clauses, turpid discretions
and able hands.

Reach for gratitude
inquire upon pillars
stand on mountains where you belong
stand on leverage, on salvation
on adamant commands.

Intervene for conviction
stammer only in dreams and let
the morning sun wash away all doubt,
all gross fashions, all modern tasks
that make fortune a diminutive of wealth.

Compliment the pursuit of peace
with the circumstance of the stranger
you cannot make peace your friend
when you assert yourself over others
you cannot make peace with God
when you assert yourself at all.