Egypt Initiates: Press On Toward The Dawn
a poem by John Shumaker
out on the edge of Darkness
there exists an isthmus
Gathering out there
from who knows where
a Great Gathering Throng
which is mostly us
dressed in coats of many colors
who knows collectively
In spiritu
in situ
in locus foci
“they've done me wrong”
and Frankie and Johnny aint got nothing on this Uprising
Do we curse the Darkness
of the Great Gathering Throng
or do we Light a Candle
to help bring them along
not only to cheer them on
But to bring them RIGHT ON in
to Home
A People's Movement
Uprising
Demanding Democracy
All Over
and All Round
Arab Street
These Folks are not alone
They are in the Heart and Inspiration
of All of Us
One Heart
We Are
We are All ONE
in this Thing
Til the Day is Won
O Caritas
O Cara Anam
Bring them Home
to the WARM
from the long snows of their endeavors
Isis IS
in Her Great UNLOCKING
from Millenia in Ice
Her glacier is melting
and MOVING
Women are refusing to wear the veil
Isis UNVEILED
To each and everyone of these RISING UP
for FREEDOM
we say
Press On
Toward the Dawn
AHO!
there exists an isthmus
Gathering out there
from who knows where
a Great Gathering Throng
which is mostly us
dressed in coats of many colors
who knows collectively
In spiritu
in situ
in locus foci
“they've done me wrong”
and Frankie and Johnny aint got nothing on this Uprising
Do we curse the Darkness
of the Great Gathering Throng
or do we Light a Candle
to help bring them along
not only to cheer them on
But to bring them RIGHT ON in
to Home
A People's Movement
Uprising
Demanding Democracy
All Over
and All Round
Arab Street
These Folks are not alone
They are in the Heart and Inspiration
of All of Us
One Heart
We Are
We are All ONE
in this Thing
Til the Day is Won
O Caritas
O Cara Anam
Bring them Home
to the WARM
from the long snows of their endeavors
Isis IS
in Her Great UNLOCKING
from Millenia in Ice
Her glacier is melting
and MOVING
Women are refusing to wear the veil
Isis UNVEILED
To each and everyone of these RISING UP
for FREEDOM
we say
Press On
Toward the Dawn
AHO!
John Shumaker
early morning hours
Pre Socratic Dawn
RIGHT ON!
Late January
Mid Winter's Day
when Chinook rolled in
with a Thaw
across High Himaliowa
AHO!
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Amen
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