Strength

Knowledge gives strength to the arm.
But what is an arm without a hand?
And what is a hand without fingers?
And what are fingers if not
instruments of love?
To touch a lover’s palm, feather light
To hold a child’s hand, in their moment of worry
To tickle the piano keys, in a moment of free, idle fancy.

What is strength without kindness?
And what is knowledge without wisdom?
And what is love without practice?
And what is warfare
without a reason to live?