Be We

“We are not me. We are we.” - Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry, from “Call Us”

Be the feet of the people

Be the hands of the people

Be the cries of the people

Be the songs of the people

Be the poems of the people

Be the blister on the campesino's foot

Be the callous on the farmer's hand

Be the tear on the child's cheek

Be the freedom song

Be a poem

Be the feet that march together

Be the hands that join the work

Be the cloth that wipes away the tear

Be the song that inspires courage

Be the heart of the people

Be

We

- Trevor Scott Barton, The Color Yellow, 2021