alive,
thankful for breathe
heart loving
heart not loving all the inhumanity
eyes producing tears
a Multnomah Falls of tears
daily
for dead children, separated families,
sick and missing hearts,
mouths' words find a small choir
standing on Mill Plain
signs screaming of insanities
to passing traffic votes
thumbs up, middle fingers up
while hitting the gas home,
words the hand pens
footnotes of feeling
in the digital record of history
against the daily catastrophic
theatre of empire,
call call call call call
sign our petition
leave a message
we know who you are,
your message has been received
then crickets and silence
then votes against constituents in the WA House
trust lost is a high cost
in votes in the next election
trust has an elephants' memory
step among the trees
to regain body
self proclaimed sanity walks,
each days new growth
feeds on and covers decay,
the eyes, ears, heart, mouth, and hands unite
this body is whole for awhile
there is the subjective pain
that personal aging brings
while still moving forward
step by step imaging
truth in values, and
dignity for humanity
