<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="gmail-p1">In the Face of Splendor</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="gmail-p2">Take your grief seriously <br class=""></p><p class="gmail-p1">Become the ash urn</p><p class="gmail-p1">For the vanishing wilderness</p><p class="gmail-p1">Despair for the Dolphins </p><p class="gmail-p1">Make your own salt water</p><p class="gmail-p1">for the disappearing marshes.</p><p class="gmail-p1">The silent Earth is listening. </p><p class="gmail-p1">Be called to outrageous acts of despair</p><p class="gmail-p2"><br class=""></p><p class="gmail-p1">And then,</p><p class="gmail-p1">every now and again,</p><p class="gmail-p1">In the face of splendor,</p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="gmail-p1">Turn towards it.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Kristy Hellum</div>
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