No one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth.
On to an old cloak .
Not from fear of how it looks or moth.
But because the patch pulls away from the cloak.

I was looking at the pigeon in the tree.
Almost invisible in the dense summer foliage.
So immobile it was nearly impossible to see.
Using the branch as a firm ledge.

These birds have no fears.
Past and future do not exist.
Only the present can bring tears.
There is nothing to resist.

They have no fear of the patch pulling .
They only have nature’s clothing.

……..

Some unshrunken cloth
Does not make a good patch
For it pulls away

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See Matthew 9 : 14-17