Wrightings

  The light  shining through their wings Is the rainbow  after the rain

  He came because, he was left not borrowed or blue but cream and we wed our lives joined until death and now I grieve Each day we ate and walked  and went to the bathroom  I brushed his wild locks pulled sticker burrs, and patted  In return he listened as I read recipes and looked for keys he sat and danced, and twirled upon request, never command He traveled to Dallas, Houston and Corpus and met family and friends and was a family friend  and now they grieve  For Peggy O  August 2023

In the beginning there was freedom,  freedom by separation, freedom in  independence shaky and new. But,  freedom grew through colonization  and land grabs. We exploited the land,  the people, the resources.  We looked outside; sought exchange,  some fair some not; fought in wars,  some fair some not, looked beyond to  the moon and the stars, looked inside  our minds and oceans. We created  technologies and science.  So now, it it time to bring what we’ve  learned home, help the homeless, the  veterans, the children. Ensure freedoms  for the future, take care of our lands and  waters. Renew out sovereignty within our  borders; honor individualism and dignity  for all, celebrating our United States.