The Divine's Call by Kalimah Abioto
Be ever alert to the divine’s calling
Shrouded in the decadence of tears
These fire years
Evictions
Cribs discarded on street corners
Bullets in blue night
Neighbors and Knife fights
Calling in the elastic make up of a mind
To rebuild again the fervor of peace
Healing
A child’s cry
A mother’s loss
Sister⁸
Brother
Be reborn
The miner finds a way out of
Of the architects rubble and scorn
Angel’s horns …