liBErate

 be

the tear 

on the hungry child's cheek,

the callous

on the weathered farmer's hand,

the wrinkle

around the worried mamí's eye,

the blister 

on the tired campesino's foot.

find beauty

in the plain

find genius

in the simple

find wonder

in the ordinary

find courage

in the human

be with,

you will be

seek,

you will find

become 

a 

human 

question 

mark

accompany

life

liBErate

- trevor scott barton, poems for a brown-eyed girl, 2020