Friday, September 11, 2020

another september eleventh goes by

without acknowledging the open hand

turning backs are like shutting doors

sinking life rafts sending up flares

how can any of this be rational

every scream is indelible

marking every human survivor

what is not burning at this moment

is getting ready

there is always another way

a million footsteps

didn't just spring up out of nowhere

you can't plow fields with bayonets

     or drones

that outstretched arm

is our lifeline


--- e b bortz

No comments: