No where else, but
Here in the vessels
That pump blood
Into mankind’s
Veins, arteries
Life…
Does the core
Of human kindness
Overflow,
Into the realms
Of what has
Been called
Living.
By many
Who never
Really learn
The meaning of
The word,
They use so evidently.
No where else but
Here, does glory
Sound out the harmony
Of existence
In the vessels
That pump blood
Into mankind’s
Veins, arteries…
Life!!
No where else
Do such immense wonders
And intense struggles
Intermingle together
And mesh to become
One.
Here begins the reign
Of a loud, penetrating voice
Inside all of us
That shouts to uphold
The strength
That makes the
Breath of life
Exist…
No where else
But here,
Does human kindness
Overflow,
Into ourselves,
To wither away
In the corpse
Of a living body
Or prosper
Outside the never
Dying flesh.
Here begins the challenge
That lives inside of us
By many who continue
Living
But by few
Who learn to live.
-June 1998
Written in Parris Island SC, bootcamp
Copyright 2000 Wendy Torres