soul power

let us break bread and
drink
wine together

breaking hate for whatever
reason
we saw justified

wine as blood
to know that blood is poured
and
has been poured
and except
by the one must be
bled no
longer for the rest

to say today
and
how
shall we rejoin
(or if
rejoin)
tomorrow

if
we could
remember on our
knees
in faith
to the one
and then in service
also
to each other

then
that we study war no more
but
let peace prevail and
a feast
by love

by love
tempered by wisdom as
mercy tempers
justice

unafraid
overcome

if afraid
still overcome

c l couch


for Juneteenth

photo by Ian Kiragu on Unsplash