Tao and now

Ghandi got it

and made India new. 

We also see traces

within many races

of the ideas

attributed to

Lao-Tzu. 

This may seem 

ancient mystery

but please allow

a tiny pause to

enjoy the 

relevance of  

Tao to now

and recent history. 

Lesson one:

Yield and overcome. 

How we wish it were true. 

Lesson two:

Empty and become full

Ask the starving masses

If it's yet the rule. 

Lesson three:

Bend and become straight

Resilience is always great. 

These rules are 

the natural way of fate

and man's laws 

only obstacles make. 

Western philosophy's retort

is that nature's way

is nasty, brutish and short. 

Right now I'm 

somewhere in between. 

But, wouldn't 

it be nice to live 

Ghandi's dream?