A Poem by Joshua L Stelling
A covenant made between the seed and tree
Is a bridge that links
Activists and change
Godfathers and today
Baton and knee
Blood and stone
Youth and recklessness
Innocent to innocent
Toes and knee
Thigh and eye
Imagination and fortune
A vow kissed by the day
Never fades
We can walk like men on earth
Plow fields, give birth
Live in peace, cosmonauts
Love in peace, astronauts
Leaves bent, resilient
Bark strong, on a long limb
Give heifers to indigenous
People
The promise made by the leaf to the bird
Is a bridge
It carries the pain of distance
The confusion of home
Distraction of dreams
Abstraction
Of the palpable
Thick blood
The promise made by the wing to the day
Is that we are here
Silhouetted in the light
It’s the word given by the preacher
To the lie
The politician to the grave
Scientist to anarchist
Child to policeman
Blood and stone
Innocent and innocent
Toes and knee
Thigh and eye
Bruised soul
A vow kissed by the day
Never fades
And we are here
So like a seed to the heavens
We are made and so will rise
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