As if sadness
We ask “What’s wrong?”
As if sadness were wrong
:- Doug.
We ask “What’s wrong?”
As if sadness were wrong
:- Doug.
I wish to move beyond
Common understandings
Of the symbols
Light and dark
To what glows and heals
:- Doug.
Victims have a power
Reserved to them
A power for healing
For new futures
A power to forgive
:- Doug.
A touch of healing
A touch of holiness
There is no thing holy
There are only
People who bring these
:- Doug.
Everyone can heal.
:- Doug.
Silence’s ways
Conversation’s ways
:- Doug.
Silence is another form of conversation.
:- Doug.