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