Proclamation - Kim Stafford

[Larry Robinson]

Proclamation

Whereas the world is a house on fire;
Whereas the nations are filled with shouting;
Whereas hope seems small, sometimes
	a single bird on a wire
	left by migration behind.
Whereas kindness is seldom in the news
	and peace an abstraction
	while war is real;
Whereas words are all I have;
Whereas my life is short;
Whereas I am afraid;
Whereas I am free - despite all
	fire and anger and  fear;
Be it therefore resolved a song
	shall be my calling - a song
	not yet  made shall be vocation
	and peaceful words the work
	of my remaining days.

	- Kim Stafford