Mirror Words
The following poem was published in The Colorado Independent.
A new year starts
appearing as a blank slate
but its history is already written
in the dust of treaties,
land-mine refuse of war,
increased opulence of the rich,
skinny-ribbed orphan’s unheard, “Mama,”
refugee’s grasp for a grain of rice.
All written on a mirror
so we read it backwards
and never quite
understand.
