More On Statues

More on Statues

There is an apparent urge
To erase the markings of history
Which appear to stain 
Visions of what should be..
History is a story appearing
In our reading in this moment..
Often justifying doings as right
Which can then be retold on
This Fourth of July..
But..alas.. clinging assumptions
Of division remain..

Statues are stories written
In sidedness and division..
What if the urge to erase
As we are observing in
Widespread places..is really
(Whether recognized or not)
A turn Inward..collectively
To bypass the assumptions and  
Recognize our inner Vastness 
In which all history
Is written..and read...?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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July 4, 2020 at 9:49 PM
I think recognizing our “inner vastness” is ever so admirable. Great insight.
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