A poem a day for 2013 - day 202 - Allegiance

This is the journey I travel

Framed by my love for humankind

For my belief in freedom

In justice

I call loudly for the safety of children

I cry in great despair when fear becomes hate and hate murder

I celebrate the simple courage in all of us for living every day

For showing up as word

As honor

As friend

Ally 

Advocate

Truth

I believe in band aids for our falls

I believe in falling

In learning

In forgetting

Forgetting

In learning again

I am all about hands

Hands holding other hands

Hands reaching in deep dark spaces

To rub feet

And braid hair

And fingers

I applaud fingers

Pointing to self in answer to 

Who will clean this mess