The Mi’kmaq People write their

spiritual beliefs each

 

and every day

in the way we interact

among ourselves

 

and others to cover well

the children’s education.

 

The overall theme

is not dominion and rule

but to fuel esteem

 

with genuine honor and

respect under the cover

 

of harmony that

absolutely permeates

walking the good path.

 

Talking’s not walking the path.

Action is the transaction

 

of merging beliefs

into one’s life urging one’s 

child to do likewise.

 

[Bob]

 

I surmise by this discourse

that climate change interchanged

 

with economics

has ties to a basic source

of strong influence

and consequence — religion.

These three form in me a plea

 

for all here to see

a potential key topic

that just might forge your

 

underlying design to

fine tune your symposium.

 

Consilience is

the convergence of what traits

reductionism

 

has elucidated that

now needs reintegration

 

into the whole thought 

of mankind’s fascination

with the reaction

 

to their presence upon Earth

and their perceived personal

 

worth among the lives

that strive to exist but can’t

ever resist death.

 

[Marlo]

 

Tina chose not to show which

was a blow to those who know

 

that cognitive gain

is not the same as gains in

emotional growth

that precedes taking the oath

to love, cherish and clearly

 

be absolutely

loyal and truthful to your

incredible mate.

 

But, the linchpin of this pledge

and wedding day violins

 

is the absolute

need of reciprocity’s

true equality.

 

You can never hedge your bet

on this pledge from unknown threats

 

of chance betrayal.

For those who must battle to

survive the roller-

 

coaster ride tied to childhood 

sexual abuse, the use

 

of reciprocal,

vital pledges is obtuse

aggravation due

 

to the not so few past pacts

that ransacked the will to trust.

 

There’s a skill that needs

to be honed to determine

one’s trustworthiness.

 

It’s an aspect of hyper-

vigilance that’s not balanced

in survivors of

intense trauma and abuse.

Joseph Ward affords

 

himself the pleasure to test

everyone always without

 

rest to best discern

liars and skilled deceivers

before he ventures

 

to procure an agreement

that insures a mutual

 

compliance once he’s

assured of a possible,

useful alliance.

 

But, if he is to achieve

his goal, subtlety is key.

 

Agility in

cognitive adaptation

is a solution

 

to offset emotional

stagnation until healing

 

reconstitutes strong

fortitude to include risks

to cautiously try

 

to trust others, but Joseph

would counsel Tina to mull

 

over her prior

affiliations to learn

and then to confirm

each person’s trustworthiness.

Trustworthiness ain’t cliquish.

 

Affiliation

with cruel folks does little

to assist healing.

 

Joseph Ward was told

of Tina’s fading back to

 

those who lack the knack

for compassion, honesty

and self discipline

 

while youthful exertion

of Robert’s coin carrying

 

neophytes worked well

to quell confusion and then

sharpen clarity

 

with compare and contrast charts

that impart the value of

 

Bob’s consilience

to rein in the intense fog

of their multi-pronged

 

inquisitive dialogue.

Joseph’s preoccupied mind

 

was trying to find

relief from his quandary

of Tina’s demise.