Let This One Be

The things over which you are powerless
Are all of them, but you can still pretend
Some are more overwhelming than others.

Outcomes of sporting events, for instance,
Or how the Earth rotates on its axis—
Those seem more immune to superstition

Than full-throated activism, or just
Diligently practicing democracy by voting.
In the events where you would never be

Counted among tiny influences,
Butterfly, you can practice quietness,
Drawing into yourself permanently.

Let the world pass over you easily,
Proving what shifts nothing can still be.