Be

 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.

be beauty

in the plain

be genius

in the simple

be wonder

in the ordinary

be courage

in the human

be with,

and you will be

seek,

and you will find

become 

a 

human 

question 

mark

accompany

liBErate

- trevor scott barton, poems for a brown-eyed girl, 2021