Gratitude Arise
Grave of fireflies
When darkness closes in
When light and song grow dim
Why not pray about it,
Pray about it?
When the voice trembles
And speech dissembles
Why not stay about it,
Stay about it?
And children without fathers
Let out a restless cry
Women becoming mothers
Breathe a long and heavy sigh
Birdies without feathers
Spread their naked wings and fly
Nigh, nigh
Nigh, nigh...
Hush your shaky heart.
-mmd. 2020
Photography by Scott Stillman.
Minneapolis, MN. 2017.