the same nighttime sky
i’ve watched
another day go by…
the sun now setting
in the western sky…
and with it my heart
so deepeningly blue…
are we
still,
the same me
the same you?
don’t we
share,
the same earth
the same sky…
the same moon
the same stars
in the same nighttime sky?
don’t we
want,
the same hope
the same chance…
the same truth
the same peace
in this same lifetime dance?
i’ve watched
another day go by…
the sun now rising
in the eastern sky…
and with it my heart
no longer so blue…
together we can be
a new me
a new you
Sylvia L. Mattingly
January 20, 2021
Written before and after today’s Presidential Inauguration, in hopes of the end of such hateful divisiveness and instead, a reunification in this country.
Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly 