Rise Together

It's a beautiful time to be alive.

And the long walk home is peopled -

We, are everywhere.

Yet the struggle to surrender is where we walk alone.

So the next time you fall

look

to either side where you lie

and take the hand

of your dear Sister or Brother

whose own face is muddied.

We can rise together,

even if we fall alone -

for it's a beautiful time to be alive

even

on this long walk home.

~ Em Claire 2007