A powerful poem from our friend Will Hornyak. Will's new book of poetry is beautiful, brilliant, wise and nourishing for the heart, mind, and soul. — Molly
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Remember?
Remember that day
When the war ended
And you climbed from your trenches
And we oozed from our bunkers
Leaving guns and grenades
Bullets and bayonets behind?
Remember how we sang in the streets
Danced in the fountains
Crazy with Joy?
Remember how the clouds lifted, hearts rose
Vengeance, bitterness, hatred and rage
Fell away like graveclothes?
Remember how we stood
Tall and happy
In the morning light
Eyeing the world
And one another
With new eyes?
Remember
How in that ecstasy
We forgot
If ours was a blue state or red
Liberal cause or conservative stand
Remember
How easily we remembered
Who we were
From where we had come
Why we were here
Where we were going
And what we should do?
I will never forget that day
When the war ended
And trust sprouted and spread
Like a sea of green grass
Across every divide, covering every division
Uniting all into one state of grace
Indivisible, at peace
Under heaven.
— Will Hornyak
From This Altar of Earth and Sky:
Poems by Will Hornyak, 2020-2024
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