by Karen Warinsky
Good was taken out of the world
but goodness remains.
We will stand together
strong as trees
arms linked
hearts synced
a living memory
of all that is good,
all that remains of decency.
We will preserve goodness
keep it safe among us
use its weight to break this chain
of unlawful despair,
get out from under
these low hanging clouds
trying to cover us with
foggy confusion.
We have seen goodness.
We have lived with goodness,
and though Good was taken
goodness remains.
Karen Warinsky is the author of four collections including Dining with War (2023 Alien Buddha Press), and her new release Beauty & Ashes (Kelsay Books 2025). An award-winning poet, she is a Best of the Net nominee and a former finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Contest. Warinsky coordinates spoken word events in MA and CT under the name Poets at Large. Find her on Facebook or atkarenwarinskypoetry.wordpress.
