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The house is still standing
That is not nothing
That is actually something

The walls are intact
The roof holds
The festival calendar is full
Through the end of the year

Nobody is panicking
Nobody should be

But Amos was not a man
Who waited for the storm
To make his point

He came before
In the ordinary weather
When everything looked fine

That is when he asked
The hardest question
Not after the collapse
But during the calm
What is actually under there?

Not what you built
Not what you intended
Not what it looks like from the street

What is actually
Holding this up?
You do not have to answer now

The storm has not arrived yet
The walls are still standing
The songs are still being sung

There is still time
To go down to the foundation
And look

Not to perform what you find
Not to explain it
Just to look

Seek good
And not evil
That you may live

Hate evil
Love good
Maintain justice

Perhaps
Perhaps

Seek me
And live
The storm has not arrived yet

That is the gift
Not the guarantee
The gift