What One Cannot Hold in Youth

On Friday, it rained inside

the memory of millions’ will

a thousand thoughts and prayers

only imagined if nothing

out there-the voices sing

children’s songs like rocks skip lakes

beat against coming ripples

to sink the swamp of fear

along the hope of will.

The will to act shudders

open doors and presence.

Is to stand a fervor?

The will speaks nothing plain.

To figure future plans

is a puzzle of the heart-

a babble of the gods-

there begs a knowing act.

Decipher what lies plain

to strive for better yet, and

listen to the folks

who cannot hold regrets.

for Greta Thunberg, and others

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