Influence
reflections upon
Where is the power in that?
How is it different, accountable, effective
- as against overt or implicit
privilege, political clout and spin.
Downsizing the hubris and status
of celebrity egos and ideology:
a secretive, pragmatic essence remains
which arouses respect for its manifest humility,
kindliness, humour and simplicity.
No strings attached yet every string
regarded, honoured, listened to.
The big picture, the long game
for the collective weal
represented in, by, as an individual:
a single life of service, stoicism and constancy:
wherein implicit value seeps seamlessly into the commonality.
The meaning of figureheads,
statesmanship, presence, belief.
The virtue of neutrality.
The unsaid and seen
more potent than the said.
Sept.