The Pact - Rebecca del Rio

[Larry Robinson]

The Pact

It was broken before
We arrived, the pact with
Life. Shattered like crystal 
Heaved in fearful fury. All our
Lives, we walk across
The sparkling glass
Bleeding out breathing
In the agony of Ages. 

How could we know
We came as witnesses?
Our job to see beyond 
Even our own cynicism
The pessimism inherited
>From millennia and millions. 

Our work
Immerse in mourning
Inhale distilled sorrow
Become an alchemist 
Convert loss into love. 

	- Rebecca del Rio