poetry

one community under fire

Photo by Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera.

one community under fire

there’s a danger of becoming three factions:
*lost your home
*displaced by damage
*unaffected

our day-to-day is so different
but we all love this place
and want a say in our future

what can save us?
listening

poetry

the will of the people

Photo by Johnnie Havard.

the will of the people

there’s the decision date
and the decision point
the fulcrum the inflection point
beyond which the momentum
seems to go one way
after that the vote becomes a formality
because the community has chosen

it’s much harder to pinpoint on the calendar
it’s why people say
keep an ear to the ground:
listen for the stampede
so you can join in or get out of the way

poetry

inertia

inertia

the urge to not force things to change
wanting to wait and see
favoring the distasteful known
over the cold metallic panicked taste
of uncertainty

willing the ball to roll itself on up the hill
deciding not to decide