a traveller
bent over an axis
of hope
stuck on a road
toward peace,
the highway of my life
like a snake
coiled around injustice,
choking off apartheid,
digesting hatred
like fate
where we've lost the thread;
I want to cut
the lifespan
of indignity,
to chop off intolerance
like an extra limb,
to leave the body of humanity
bold, naked and enlightened,
no longer mangled
by war,
nourished by peace
free to be
what it is.
Copyright (C) 2009 Sara LeMaster
