Saturday, December 21, 2013

for Thay (Thich Naht Hanh)

shining dome
mauled bald by bears of woe
you've crawled so many miles
on so many knees
just to eat
rejection,
once, a thousand
countless times

the victory
is in the trying
it hasn't ceased
even as old age
and political cage
whitewash over
the graffiti
we scrawled, so defiant,
so fearful that our efforts
could not relieve the slipping
of those we sacrificed ourselves
to be

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