I was walking past a pole one day,
when a list caught my eye.
I read it aloud, quietly unsure—
testing the moment in time.

A voice answered, close and clear,
as breath behind my ear:
“Take what you need.”
I turned.
No one there.
I was caught in that moment, still.

The list—simple, yet profound.
“Take what you need,” it said again,
no pause, no hesitating.
What you take for you will go outward,
to mend the world’s broken pieces.

So I started with love.
Then hope.
Courage came next—
because each day the world seems to need all three
without shortage.

Love to mend the brokenhearted.
Peace that quiets unrest and war.
Courage strong enough
to choose what’s right, no matter the consequences.

As I held them,
something shifted:
The atmosphere leaned in,
the air, the weight of things.

With urgency I reached for luck,
brief in its moment,
manifesting its alignment with divine unfolding.

Money—I took with caution, knowing its seductive power to destroy.
To be used not for excess, but to level the ground:
no empty hands,
no divided lives,
only dignity in our humanity shared.

And passion—
I grabbed with fervor,
that fire to keep us faithful to destiny,
our purposeful calling fulfilling.

Happiness was last on the list.
But I left it right there,
for it was already in abundance I could see it everywhere—
falling like light,
changing us all.

Oh what a dream!
Oh could this be?
“Take what you need”—
a list for all the world to heal.

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Contributing to Sadje’s WDYS challenge.

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