Protect What Matters

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

I want to live in a world in which people

protect what matters. The simple things.

The lovely things. Things that grow in our

hearts and feed our souls. We have it here

and now, the chance, that chance. It

won’t be here tomorrow. This won’t be

here tomorrow. Tell the children, or

step up, speak up, protect what matters.

This land is our land to reap and sow and tend.

Tenderness is how we become human, it’s our humanity.

Step up, speak up, protect what matters

Under skies, under rooves, stories get told and beliefs get made.

If we believe we are enough, we don’t need more than this.

Tell the children, or step up, speak up, protect what matters

Anything good is worth attentiveness.

Anything good is worth saying no for and yes to.

Step up, speak up, protect what matters.

Step up, speak up, protect what matters.

This place is maybe or maybe not, you decide.

This choice is a future in the making, make it well.

Tell the children, or step up, speak up, protect what matters.

I want to live in a world in which people

protect what matters. The simple things.

The lovely things. Things that grow in our

hearts and feed our souls. We have it here

and now, the chance, that chance. It

won’t be here tomorrow. This won’t be

here tomorrow. Tell the children, or

step up, speak up, protect what matters.

~ Jamie K. Reaser, Author

From "The Song Book" (A work in progress)

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