Use of too much I is arrogance,
I leads to illness.
Use of We is sharing,
We leads to wellness.
14/10/2021

Look at me and see
A dancing apple tree
These branches representing
All of my extensions
All the ways I’m extending
Away from my roots
Look
Look at me swaying in the wind
Dipping my toe into every new thing
As if it were a lifeline
A way to strengthen my spine
To grow
And withstand the next storm
So look at me spread
This canopy of leaves
Towards the sun
Drinking in the light
The life
That gets me through another season
Look at me breathe
The chest of my stem expanding
Breathing in the dust of life
Breathing out the rust of death
The stem of my chest collapsing
Under the weight of the dawn
Retracting from this lifting mist
Until the senses settle in to old patterns
And my tree dances
No more

Lust leaves
a bitter aftertaste-
yet the thirst for it
never wanes.

The moon, I smile at you
Every time I feel alone
At least one thing never changes
After all, I still see you

Weapons that they make
aren't designed to save our race
that's the missing link

                            Kelly McManus

In the future
they may scrutinise
the age we mislaid wonder.
Evaluate the epoch
of our long-forgotten grace

Landfill
for the Burial Ground

Trolleys
for the River Gods

Spray cans
for the Painted cave,

and say,

"This,
is when they
lost their way"