Everyone
A poem
We have the oblivious ones in their shield of starch.
We have the teenagers who giggle and gossip on a silent march.
We have the ones who orient toward the light.
We have the ones who resist and fight.
We have the ones who choose unity over division.
We have the ones who labor in peace and reconciliation.
We have the ones who give a fiver and post it on Facebook
We have the ones who daren’t, not yet, look.
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We have the ones who care for our youth.
We have the journalists still telling the truth.
We have the ones who protest in silence, shouts, and song.
We have the ones who know right from wrong.
We have the ones who write poetry, podcast, and pray.
We have the ones who keep showing up every day
We have the ones who sail stormy seas.
We have the ones who bring politicians to their knees.
We have the deniers who force us to sharpen our work.
We have the ones healing the wounds that still lurk.
We have the ones who dare speak at the table.
We have the ones who unweave the fable.
We have the ones who disrupt corporate conventions.
We have the ones who seed luminous interventions.
We need brave Bisan and our heroes to stay alive.
We need people and planet to thrive.
We have the ones who resent latecomers.
We need the latecomers.
We need the breakers, the menders, the dreamers, the doers.
We need everyone, don’t we.
About Penelope Mavor and Earth Converse
I am the founder of Earth Converse a nature-based leadership collaborative in service of people and planet ..and as writing and poetry are key earthconverse practices, I offer them here to you as seeds of reflection and inspiration.
