Call to Midwives All Dedicated to Valarie Kaur*

Call to Midwives All

Dedicated to Valarie Kur *

time to shoulder the burden of birth

of heart, soul and hope

time to march on this soft earth

of all creatures, creed, and life

time to cope, to touch, to give,

to reach toward the light ...

time to shoulder the burden of birth

of this more perfect nation world -

struggling to be born not from the

"darkness of the tomb" but from the

"darkness of the womb"

"breathe then

 push... "*

*
The Sunday Whirl

* Valarie Kaur is a brilliant and wonderfully articulate young attorney activitist - 
her words at a particular multi-cultural NewYear's gathering left me breathless .. 

Coming through the fog

Morning Fog 

Coming through the fog

Ah 
my siren 
felt feeble – 

the plumped 
preen lean – 
yet 
now in spite 
of this single stab 
seeped fulfillment 

cheat – I shake 

the sodden to leap -

truth emblazoned 

on my soul – 

to climb the 

mountain – 

flee fear 

hold tight 

to my

chest 

the reap 

of all 

that is 

righteous- 

past to  

future – 

see them – 

feel them 

feel us -

standing- 

shimmering, 

warming chilled blood - 

bolstering burgeoning 

this ever unquenchable happening of hope 

gathering – here, there, everywhere,

coming through the fog, coming through the fog

The Sunday Whirl