Book Wall - La Catrina
Dream makers, dream breakers,
It is almost a revolution.
In this city of bones,
there is a darkness more than night.
Wild horses race the wind; angels take flight.
It is rough country for the dark child.
But I dream after the darkness,
along the edge of America,
silent honor will finally
raise its head.
We will reclaim the country
that used to be us.
Fighting back against the
dark wind of hateful rhetoric,
we will rise and shine. Our kindness
will transform the landscape
as we take
the long road home
to the centre of
our collective consciousness,
(consciences?),
and become the society
we are meant to be.
For Margaret's cool prompt at Real Toads: using ten book titles in a poem.
It is amazing that one person's hate speech has unleashed so much darkness. It has crossed the border into Canada; racist and violent incidents are occurring that never did before in such numbers. I pray for change in 2020. Someone strong enough to turn this tide of inhumanity and intolerance around.
Wow. Now I am watching Joni Mitchell in Both Sides Now. She is singing:
We are stardust.
We are golden
And we've got to
Find our way
Back to the garden."
Yes. We do. We want to. So we can.
...a darkness more than night & a nice beginning! Thank you - This poem reflects how many people feel.
ReplyDeleteA most heart-stirring write, Sherry!💖 "We will reclaim the country that used to be us." YES! Amen 😊
ReplyDeleteWonderfully done.. very smooth response to the prompt!
ReplyDeleteYou chose very apt titles to express your hopes for the future and disillusionment with the present. I think we all feel it these days, wherever we are in the world.
ReplyDeleteYes, let Joni's words speak as they once did.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done Sherry. Those book titles were in fact very useful prompts weren't they?
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope. There does seem to be a spirit of hate everywhere... I'll take the garden any day if the serpent is barred.
ReplyDeleteI feel this, hope we can collectively overturn negativity. Let us turn to saving earth not destroying it and ourselves.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, kick-ass job on using those titles so seamlessly. I true dream of the day when we live up to the promises made, which had been deferred and denied to too many throughout the history of our country.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that a dystopia similar to Gilead could grow out of those hateful speeches – Canada must stand firm and not let the rot in. I hope that everyone who believes in all that is good, on both sides of the border, will fight back against the ‘dark wind of hateful rhetoric’ and ‘kindness will transform the landscape’ back to the garden.
ReplyDeleteThe Long Road Home was a nice clenching title for your write. We all would like a calmer and more respectable atmosphere. Starting here from the top.
ReplyDeleteI liked Joni Mitchell singing her song Both Sides Now, I have not seen the movie.
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