The Music Remains
by Kay Kestner:
The Music Remains
When the words are so many
you can no longer understand any of them,
when the meaning has escaped leaving strange
and scary static in your mind, when
the definitions of love and life and hope
and friendship and faith have all deserted
the dictionary of your heart,
when there is no conversation,
no sentence left that could ease you or cure this,
when you reach the dark abyss of wordlessness
remember the ancient drum, the whistle of wind,
remember the pulsing pounding blood banging
in your heart, remember the rhythm, the music, the beat,
remember the coyote calls without words,
the songbird sings without vocabulary.
When all the words are gone,
remember we are musical beings
who built drums long before we wrote dictionaries,
beings that sang perfectly comprehensible songs
long before we invented language,
remember that when all the words have failed you
the music still remains.
© December 30, 2009 – Kay Kestner
Do Something for Democracy
Given the rapid changes to our government in the United States, it’s vitally important for us to speak up. Silence and apathy will only embolden a leader who serves his own agenda – an agenda that undermines democracy both within the US and around the world.
Every small act adds up when we all “do something.” Even if it’s just making one call, once a week to one of your representatives – that adds up!
The resources on the Do Something for Democracy page give you ways you can take action. Find what fits your comfort level. No one can do it all, but we all can do a little something.
Kay Kestner 