I imagine that the moment before war
Some people are already fighting
Or crying
Or need a break
Their partners pissed them off
Or their kids had too many needs
For a tired mother to meet
There were already aches and pains
From previous illnesses
And bills that had yet to be paid
And then suddenly planes overhead
And bombs exploding
And people have to gather what they can of these already broken pieces
And savor every edge
to protect them from being further broken
Because what we’ve got is all we have
And it’s all so sacred.
And all of us over here
so far away
Wondering what will bludgeon us
When we least expect it
Trying so hard
To transform our own broken pieces
Into something beautiful enough to go on
Living for.
If I could
If there weren’t so many barriers
between all our broken pieces
I’d swoop them all up and devote my life
to gluing them all together
with whatever glue I could find.
So many broken pieces
scattered so far away.
-JLK
#prayforukraine
