NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS 127
We all agree,
she who is paid least
is the gold our souls most need.
Melia Snyder
An Aesthetic Response to Circles of Active Hope
Weekly we bring stories
of resilience and generosity--
the crippled man picking up trash
an art sanctuary for inner city kids
We pass our clay vessel
feeding ourselves on
small acts of social justice
radical acts of kindness
This is our bowl of active hope
brave people speak up
an elder embraces her gray
a tumor fades with each brushstroke
We feast on the humanity
of a homeless man,
grateful for pause and presence
he offers prayers not of help but of praise
We see ourselves in the stained glass
the piecing together of a life interrupted
the shaping of some new self
made of shards, broken and beautiful
We remember the angels who come
bringing the medicine
of making, the cure of color
we begin to look for the gold
The news of our political circus fades
becoming an absurd background