by Ruth Lehrer
They don’t tell you in the morning
you will die by noon
driving in your car
walking on the street
after you are gone
you see a picture of the gun
flesh as good as ashes
blood as good as painted pain
But in that morning you just know
yesterday your neighbor was brave
so today you must be too
The boundary between trust and fear
torn open
We are all ash
We are all brave.
you will die by noon
driving in your car
walking on the street
after you are gone
you see a picture of the gun
flesh as good as ashes
blood as good as painted pain
But in that morning you just know
yesterday your neighbor was brave
so today you must be too
The boundary between trust and fear
torn open
We are all ash
We are all brave.
Ruth Lehrer is a sign language interpreter and Pushcart-nominated poet living in western Massachusetts. She is the author of the young adult novel Being Fishkill.
