racially speaking
the world
is of races
and is racist
now
how did we pull that off
I suppose because
we approach another people
ready
to take power
and impose it
as if
power were ours
and not lent from God
and for God’s judgment
later
I approach another color
and see
fascination
then
I hear it
but who am I
naïve
I guess
to find a thrill in meeting someone else
who clearly is not me
while racially I’m fine with me
but
I know my race and color
and here is someone who’s not me
whole
land’s worth
in fact
and isn’t that
terrific
and clearly as a world
we have not come
to feel that way
common
ancestry notwithstanding
and
could we not apply our art and science
our proclivities toward vision
our skills in
observation
with reception of each other based
on vision
sure
(and sure)
observation
goodness
there are stories
folks
of folks
and should that not be
grand occupation
that’s races
anyway
next
time maybe taking up religion
c l couch
I was looking for an image to accompany a verse on Gaza and, based on my selection, was shown all sorts of pictures of all sorts of people—the theme the site selected between them all was water—and the diversity, of the parts of our planet as well, got me thinking
photo by Dibakar Roy on Unsplash
(x = space)
x
x
Idea
x
Here’s an idea:
Leave Ukraine live
Leave Russia live with remorse
While rebuilding
Its neighbor
x
We know
There is no recourse
For life lost
Beyond revenge,
And there’s no point in that
Since taken to extremes,
Well,
Our planet burns
x
But Russia can retreat
Tying up its turrets
Into shoelace- or ribbon-chapes
Send rubles back
With many, many helpers
My guess is
There would be volunteers
Among the soldiers
And the uninvolved
Back home
x
Let this be a pattern, then
Let the Rohingya live
And South Sudan
And blacks and whites
In the USA
And elsewhere
And the other colors, too
Let there be colors
Let there be textures
Let there be sounds
And smells and
Things to taste
The best of these
Makes an amazing world
x
Let there be self-competition
Dreaming
Without nightmares
x
In the living
Let us be fed and watered,
Educated and secure
So that when heaven comes
We meet each other
Easy, unexpected kindred
x
C L Couch
x
x
Photo by Tobias Schlienger on Unsplash
x
Unrelative Truthing
Even in dim pre-dawn light
On a Sunday morning,
The colors are clear
Finally, it’s fall
The leaves are turning into glory
And should one think there is a subtext
About the beauty of all races
Well, that’s not really there
But, now I think of it,
Why not
There is beauty in all races
No need to place that truth under
Something else
Now, fall’s late arrival
Something of a pattern
Might also beg
The warming of the planet
Let’s go with that one, too
It’s not progress to have that understanding
(though another kind of progress is the cost)
It’s the kind of sense
The ancients have employed
Coffee’s ready
Time to get it
I am thankful
I hope your day is good
And for your neighbor
C L Couch
West Virginia Fall Colors
(at) http://www.lanephotoworkshops.com/portfolio/landscapes/fall-colors/
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