Wisdom's Magnum Opus

 

'We should not ask whether 'The Thing' on its own is Good or Bad,

 Dad would caution us when teaching discernment,

 'because a Thing/action is always hinged to where it leads. 

After the ripple effect is studied you will have your answer

about whether a Thing is good or bad.'

Have I always heeded Wisdom's Magnum Opus?

Sadly, no. Sometimes I allow the sparkle of the splash to blind me!

Ripple-effects of recompense

Should cause us to be ‘ware

And consider the consequence

Action is bound to bear

Discernment delves deeper than mere

-ly breadth of pebble-throw

It contemplates the scope and sphere

Of how far ripples flow

Love looks beyond the present-tense

And sparkle of the splash

To where ripples of recompense

Are surely bound to wash

The path to Aftermath is scarred

By vain apology

Because of ripples that we barred

From our periphery

© Janet Martin