WE RISE

WE RISE

(Written with sadness and hope after the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013)

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Ambulance sirens scream
louder, more chaotic shrieks
than normal … (normal?)
like they too have shock and anger
swirling in their shattered hearts.
They fade into weak wailing
cries of mourning mothers,
mothers of the fallen,
all our mothers. 

And then empty silence …
that we fill with silent embraces
just to feel closeness,
as if to remind our spirits
that humanity still exists
albeit tainted tonight. 

In the cold darkness, love,
love smiles its warmness,
its hopeful light, love,
our gentlest healer,
our greatest need,
our best response.

The fallen will rise,
with love,
we all will rise.