
we rise
from the
rubble
of our
shattered
battered
weathered
beaten
pasts,
putting down
roots
that we
may never
be pulled
out of
where we
rightly
justly
truly
belong.
we reach
for the
heavens
grab at
the sun
leap to
the stars
catapulting
our hearts
our souls
into visions
into ventures
new.