Keep Hold.
\"Only deep can be answered by deep\"
to metaphor this might belong.
Extra thought may stir more imagery.
\"Nothing that floats in shallow waters
can to a depth call respond\"
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A poetic translation goes as follows.
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Needed is bottomless care of those
despondently sinking.
Helping tough passage thru\' flood
succeeds better if all
having struggled before keep hold
of thrown life-rafts given
in love so others can climb aboard.
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Hope this ode gives food for thought.