Month: September 2023

Its new- to live within lines,
To be held up and held close-
To be alive again.
There is now- time and measure,
A means to build worlds I may treasure.
I can now confess, deeds never committed,
As I also profess needs, otherwise omitted.
Someday, somewhere- we will all be silenced
Bring to close, our suppressed violence.
Our grind and churn, be set to fire,
Become ash and bone, permanently retired.
But for now, we stand up and hold close,
Teach ourselves, to love again.

_V.