It cannot be so
you say
simple hands
cannot change the
fate of humanity.
I say
Humanity is a boundless,
absorbing heart transcending
death & generations
and centuries absorbing bullets
and stitches and tear gas
enduring humiliation
and illeagal abortions
and thankless jobs
I say to you
the heart of Humanity
has not and will not be broken
And let us raise ourselves like lanterns
with the millions of others- with the mad
and the forgotten
and the strong of heart to shine.
Jewel
I got Jewel's "a night without armor" book or poems when I was in high school. It has been packed away for a long time, I found it the other day. This poam spoke to me. It is a poem I would write, it I could write poems.
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