(x = space)
x
x
extension
x
hostages for days
days for hostages
and let the buses in
that have fuel
for hospitals
and food for everyone
and will there be selection
in the heart
and maybe by practice
who knows
the news and books might
tell us
but for now this
cessation means
there’s life again
without the breaths between
explosions
x
let the math run
the refugees
the witnesses
wear black
as they can
when talking
with the rest of us
a message to the west
of us
who might see black
in our own way
in understanding theirs
ours
all
x
emphasis mine
x
black for mourning
to be clear
black for normalcy
as well
in understanding ours
theirs
(decide who they are)
all
then
all of us
x
who need the chance
by the way
and maybe often
to exchange our stones
for bread
to trade what has been bestowed
for grace
or simple decency
on all sides
of the Earth
x
c l couch
x
x
Matthew 7:9-11
x
photo by Matthias Speicher on Unsplash
x
clcouch123 
Recent Comments