Dedicated to Ray Carver – (silent mentor beloved)
All of us all of us all of us
Round about caught and from there
Sideways up to the temple
And downways downwards with care
A nod to the other quick to the sway
A walk in the street or the fell
A cradle a grave to stand and then stare
Each of us one step away
Was the doctor the soldier
Was the nurse was the priest
Was the pilot the driver
Was the teacher bequeathed
Where we are when we go
When we are what we know
As the wind and the weather to the rock and the rune
With the way that it is in the relative soon
With the how and the what
There’s a say, there’s a choice
A movement, a difference
A tenable voice
A something to offer, a something to leave
A possible gift each child can receive
Each of us can if some of us will
Act on our conscience that’s calling us still
All of us all of us all of us
All of us all of us all
Martinos © 2018
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