Robert William Gaglione
Florida, USA
they thrive
under the droning
within hum of ancient hymns
legend-fed in a compost of their belief
others open
like moonlit perennials
sprawled beneath blistered cover kneeling in fields
with all which freedom brings
relighting heaven and earth green rooting out
mowing down rounding up clearing away
mimicking those moving on this very morning wildflowers aim skyward
amongst the shells and shattered stone