Poetry

Centering

Carol Prejean Zippert

We all need a country
we call home
A nation bequeathed
to our children
A land of fortress
with our elders
A sanctuary honoring
our dead
We all need ground
beneath our feet
Supporting us as
we rise and fall and rise
Lifting us as we reach
for each other
We all need a space
we know as our center
We all need an anchor
we call our selves