"IF NOT NOW, WHEN?"

Today is the second day of Kwanzaa (Kujichagulia = Self-Determination), the second day of the twelve days of Christmas and the 6th day of Hanukkah.

FOR WARMTH

I hold my face in my two hands

No, I am not crying.

I hold my face in my two hands

to keep the loneliness warm--

two hands protecting

two hands nourishing,

two hands preventing

my soul from leaving me

in anger.

(This was written after I heard about the bombing of Ben Tre and the comment made by an American military man, "We had to destroy the town in order to save it." -- Thich Nhat Hanh)