Word to the Gray

There’s the row of gray people

walking in gray coats

step by step by step

row after row after row

with long gray coats

and

big gray hats

hiding their long gray faces

shades of gray

a dull rainbow of un-promise

arching to horizons ahead

and…

you want to move quick

don’t look

don’t

get

infected

and…

we do…we pass by the gray shades

with thin gray skin

none of our business

they are what they appear

what a loss…

not taking time to see

the life in their eyes

the light

eden is not gone

it steams inside

these gray people

these inside out people

surely a word from us –

and their mouths open

spilling newness and beauty

and a new world

just a word…

Harnessing Chaos