Rise Together

It's a beautiful time to be alive.
And the long walk home is peopled --
We, are everywhere.
Yet the struggle to surrender is where we often walk alone.
So the next time you fall, look
to either side where you lie
and take the hand
of your dear Brother or Sister
whose own face is muddied.
We can rise together,
even if we fall alone --
for it's a beautiful time to be alive
even
on this long walk home.

- Em Claire