It only takes a few, said Jesus Christ.

A snowball can make avalanches

a mustard seed, a tree with many branches.

A prayer, or martyr’s life self-sacrificed

can make a nation. What the future needs

is not foreseen; what will be the

precedents.

Whether good or ill, acts may tip events;

seeds on fertile ground, overcome the weeds.

Trust those who follow to take up the good,

to find the tiny treasure in the field,

to recognize a thing’s potential yield

to understand what few have understood.

Each deed may set tomorrow’s smorgasbord,

the dish on which a future truth is stored.