One drop
falls from
the eye of a mother
grieving
that her young son is dead
at the hands
of a cop who says
his dark
skin was not the issue.
One drop
spilt from a
plastic gallon ladle
of a Navajo
woman in New Mexico stretching
one of 7
allotted for cooking cleaning and coffee for a whole week
because a
nation forgot to care for its own.
One drop
From the
brush of a apple cheeked Iowa lad
scrubbing
his prized 4H Heifer that no one will notice
because they
are so involved watching a rich man drop from the sky
with
promises that even an Aztec God would envy.
One drop
mopped from
the brow of a smoke jumper
Loaded with
40 pounds of heavy gear
spading
earth in 100 degree heat to protect
the 3rd generation home of a
Washington family.
One drop
molecule of
the simplest hydrogen and oxygen
Most
bounteous and precious
binder to
our very being
twining us
all together.
-Jerry Wendt 2015
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