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No part of this poetry should be reproduced in any form without written consent from the author, Joe DiMino, who retains all rights: contact poet@light-cards.com

 “We Raise Everests”(by Joe DiMino)

We raise Everests
Where need-be no altitude
Of climbs,
Our Golden Rules
Lines in the sand
If only the bending
More toward compassion
And not avoidance

I have always thought
Lead by example
And not by edict or mandate,
The powers of the state:
Do not as we do
But as we say—
A parent germinating
Mountain-tyrants…


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