resolution

the anger of helplessness
the desperate resolve

the anger of helplessness
the rage of having
nowhere to stand
the desperate resolve

the anger of helplessness
the rage of having
every protest cut down
nowhere to stand
the desperate resolve

the anger of helplessness
the desperate resolve
the shift of paradigm
the letting go

the end of helplessness
the sudden silent dropping
of all the binding boxes
as contexts fall away like ash

the end of helplessness
the seed of hope.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 17, 2018