the grief builds up
when it spills over
it touches everyone
can you imagine
…upon hearing this news
that it is not one pain or the other
one grief or the other
one safety or the other
one wound winds through us all
gaping wide
festering, blooming
can you not imagine
…hearing this news
with a wide enough heart
for the grief of each parent
for the grief of each child
the land grieves too
the whole earth breaks
on the shores of gaza
we must imagine
…before the fissure scars
we must all imagine freedom
if we want that future
beyond all war