Wishing Rain For Fellow Texans

reclaimed

prodding embered ground

prolongs raging and 

sparks scatter,

every utterance of pain

its own salve and 

ultimate cure.

green unfoldings 

emerge from blackened 

earth, and we, 

we are 

powerless. 

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Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker